diff --git a/static/package.json b/static/package.json
index d53162249..b2b19bb92 100644
--- a/static/package.json
+++ b/static/package.json
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
     "@babel/plugin-transform-flow-strip-types": "^7.0.0",
     "@babel/plugin-transform-modules-commonjs": "^7.1.0",
     "@babel/preset-react": "^7.0.0",
-    "metro": "^0.48.3",
+    "metro": "^0.49.0",
     "recursive-readdir": "2.2.2"
   },
   "devDependencies": {}
diff --git a/static/yarn.lock b/static/yarn.lock
index da0aeda7d..4d65f3ebd 100644
--- a/static/yarn.lock
+++ b/static/yarn.lock
@@ -1878,55 +1878,55 @@ merge@^1.1.3:
   version "1.2.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/merge/-/merge-1.2.0.tgz#7531e39d4949c281a66b8c5a6e0265e8b05894da"
 
-metro-babel7-plugin-react-transform@0.48.3:
-  version "0.48.3"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/metro-babel7-plugin-react-transform/-/metro-babel7-plugin-react-transform-0.48.3.tgz#c3e43c99173c143537fb234b44cdd6e6b511d511"
-  integrity sha512-F3fjKig7KJl+5iqjWUStx/Sv3Oryw1cftIx0MhaXOgq4emdd1NYoC1sMYrGdDY8aLPDysH9J7sIeErH805oFUg==
+metro-babel7-plugin-react-transform@0.49.0:
+  version "0.49.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/metro-babel7-plugin-react-transform/-/metro-babel7-plugin-react-transform-0.49.0.tgz#1df801a17215c8271e89bb55c15e7305592c33bf"
+  integrity sha512-2QCWBQybANIsib/ofj/JinA4yksQcERzouZEtW81TnDElETIcQo1YAoJoe7pg7BTLCx8NBHPt2tOp8AucV0z+w==
   dependencies:
     "@babel/helper-module-imports" "^7.0.0"
 
-metro-cache@0.48.3:
-  version "0.48.3"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/metro-cache/-/metro-cache-0.48.3.tgz#8c2818d3cd6b79570cd7750da4685e9c7c061577"
-  integrity sha512-q49ult2PW2BYTuGCS5RXmMB+ejdOWtNHWh9yZS5XvI/xlfLZjJL47yakcOz3C8UImdRhWV8X890/+rQU7nALCg==
+metro-cache@0.49.0:
+  version "0.49.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/metro-cache/-/metro-cache-0.49.0.tgz#30b310c554b6ba72d56feed06805cee38de49bb0"
+  integrity sha512-g5QcD423bhrpYrODEh+3Vp92wnH/4rH3DsLV/Lja1c23KU2CQ9iL5+yrhkmGlO/wktdZf+FxNdZxn03G1J74rQ==
   dependencies:
     jest-serializer "24.0.0-alpha.2"
-    metro-core "0.48.3"
+    metro-core "0.49.0"
     mkdirp "^0.5.1"
     rimraf "^2.5.4"
 
-metro-config@0.48.3:
-  version "0.48.3"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/metro-config/-/metro-config-0.48.3.tgz#71f9f27911582e960a660ed2b08cb4ee5d58724d"
-  integrity sha512-rpO0Edy6H7N2RnEUPQufIG6DdU/lXZcMIRP3UHR93Q7IuZEwkSd3lS0trCMqdkj5Hx7eIx+gj/MQrNDSa0L0gw==
+metro-config@0.49.0:
+  version "0.49.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/metro-config/-/metro-config-0.49.0.tgz#fd7e8a91459b5ec1f0b9ff4ad13c0df37c7ef921"
+  integrity sha512-iuXSoQ+0nA6gP/4kwor0/wrun5n3DDFCZ9TUzn9LVDeGwvfNNXkX2gTfh6+TrBPEpwZKmR1zBIIsdFVZo0EzsQ==
   dependencies:
     cosmiconfig "^5.0.5"
-    metro "0.48.3"
-    metro-cache "0.48.3"
-    metro-core "0.48.3"
+    metro "0.49.0"
+    metro-cache "0.49.0"
+    metro-core "0.49.0"
     pretty-format "^23.4.1"
 
-metro-core@0.48.3:
-  version "0.48.3"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/metro-core/-/metro-core-0.48.3.tgz#be2d615eaec759c8d01559e8685554cbdf8e7c4f"
-  integrity sha512-bLIikpGBvdaZhwvmnpY5OwS2XhOWGX7YUvRN4IegfTOYo88TzL/SAB5Osr7lpYGvTmGdJFJ5Mqr3Xy4bVGFEvA==
+metro-core@0.49.0:
+  version "0.49.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/metro-core/-/metro-core-0.49.0.tgz#6fa04961f9a764a28614d6f95d1fc88f82a4024f"
+  integrity sha512-5L1AiGwdpHSrOx+0h6fXM5D38I+Xm67uOv/arOSbW580PEHzxtgQkdUbWaSbvdEaWGV97RGuicpKqyqQqpdiXg==
   dependencies:
     jest-haste-map "24.0.0-alpha.2"
     lodash.throttle "^4.1.1"
-    metro-resolver "0.48.3"
+    metro-resolver "0.49.0"
     wordwrap "^1.0.0"
 
-metro-minify-uglify@0.48.3:
-  version "0.48.3"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/metro-minify-uglify/-/metro-minify-uglify-0.48.3.tgz#493baadb65f6a1d8cab9fd157ac80c5801b23149"
-  integrity sha512-EvzoqPMbm839T6AXSYWF76b/VNqoY3E1oAbZoyZbN/J7EHHgz2xEVt4M49fI6tEKPCPzpEpGnJKoxjnkV9XdrA==
+metro-minify-uglify@0.49.0:
+  version "0.49.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/metro-minify-uglify/-/metro-minify-uglify-0.49.0.tgz#e3e049f852f9e1987a1f993b0070b99369c40ebb"
+  integrity sha512-ZJPyviXZ4krbyBIzsguieRpy9AeNPmzR3GKsOJGhHHkk7GscgWPp2SqZALD7Y9IpbqUkNmyQJ6ApqUlxq1BzHw==
   dependencies:
     uglify-es "^3.1.9"
 
-metro-react-native-babel-preset@0.48.3:
-  version "0.48.3"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/metro-react-native-babel-preset/-/metro-react-native-babel-preset-0.48.3.tgz#839dbd0d9e4012f550861d2295b998144a61bcc8"
-  integrity sha512-GDW4yWk8z5RGk8A67OTS05luxCHZFDHbEuzesyxG1SlE/W6ODfJOPQpIFlFuPUEvVDunG0lYn3dGBL2VcaVVpQ==
+metro-react-native-babel-preset@0.49.0:
+  version "0.49.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/metro-react-native-babel-preset/-/metro-react-native-babel-preset-0.49.0.tgz#c74480d88817f32aec7474e45e7eda1716112ecf"
+  integrity sha512-pwjfnNlXdmPsRMof0SSO5juroYXGw3oRF6+Irzn0aBzAjW7aaIYyT5f7hSMuVU5iL1J9izQt9V4pI2ObkVjnwg==
   dependencies:
     "@babel/plugin-proposal-class-properties" "^7.0.0"
     "@babel/plugin-proposal-export-default-from" "^7.0.0"
@@ -1961,27 +1961,27 @@ metro-react-native-babel-preset@0.48.3:
     "@babel/plugin-transform-typescript" "^7.0.0"
     "@babel/plugin-transform-unicode-regex" "^7.0.0"
     "@babel/template" "^7.0.0"
-    metro-babel7-plugin-react-transform "0.48.3"
+    metro-babel7-plugin-react-transform "0.49.0"
     react-transform-hmr "^1.0.4"
 
-metro-resolver@0.48.3:
-  version "0.48.3"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/metro-resolver/-/metro-resolver-0.48.3.tgz#3459c117f25a6d91d501eb1c81fdc98fcfea1cc0"
-  integrity sha512-aXZdd4SWVPnTlnJ55f918QLvGOE8zlrGt8y8/BS0EktzPORkkXnouzC0dtkq5lTpFSX7b1OD2z3ZtZLxM5sQVg==
+metro-resolver@0.49.0:
+  version "0.49.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/metro-resolver/-/metro-resolver-0.49.0.tgz#abfb82dbaae645599ecd4ed119e9b2b343a0c54d"
+  integrity sha512-mwlA4nn3/smjpPIthzvA5xHT9IXLCoLXjKL+AqeoYtIvCdGHf5x17xM/I0b9BatdXCmirYnC3PD9G2hcmkje0Q==
   dependencies:
     absolute-path "^0.0.0"
 
-metro-source-map@0.48.3:
-  version "0.48.3"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/metro-source-map/-/metro-source-map-0.48.3.tgz#ab102bf71c83754e6d5a04c3faf612a88e7f5dcf"
-  integrity sha512-TAIn1c/G69PHa+p4CUl7myXw5gOT4J1xXXLKAjIOA6xjxttMEa1S5co6fsXzvTMR+psK9OAsgBW3VAaEcJGEcw==
+metro-source-map@0.49.0:
+  version "0.49.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/metro-source-map/-/metro-source-map-0.49.0.tgz#7e0c74a095d15a5d443f015549659465e2cfcaad"
+  integrity sha512-pd0UPPEXO7JeOlpPbGJhYvUxvoZC9uR1OpDjMEPohoacdgqw17NgyaxNkJY3aAYfhGQNuiLCxYOFgEjK3BacdA==
   dependencies:
     source-map "^0.5.6"
 
-metro@0.48.3, metro@^0.48.3:
-  version "0.48.3"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/metro/-/metro-0.48.3.tgz#43639828dc22fd75e0d31ce75a6dc4615feaf5f7"
-  integrity sha512-sf4Q95Zk7cvqi537WbQTvaPbPXflAk1zGWA50uchkF+frJHZWop5kwtbtWwvDGlPHgptjjXc3yTvIo5Y0LTkqQ==
+metro@0.49.0, metro@^0.49.0:
+  version "0.49.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/metro/-/metro-0.49.0.tgz#5630b95537a25544624052c22027841c5a3d13e1"
+  integrity sha512-/GDvO9JYmTrQmzuCfBfDKEC+Gg3/xxn3/3pnIypB+QwTXuiYpO5mpub9XVcPRiN2gr+mMgQWGiwyL+z/TJbaPA==
   dependencies:
     "@babel/core" "^7.0.0"
     "@babel/generator" "^7.0.0"
@@ -2009,13 +2009,13 @@ metro@0.48.3, metro@^0.48.3:
     json-stable-stringify "^1.0.1"
     lodash.throttle "^4.1.1"
     merge-stream "^1.0.1"
-    metro-cache "0.48.3"
-    metro-config "0.48.3"
-    metro-core "0.48.3"
-    metro-minify-uglify "0.48.3"
-    metro-react-native-babel-preset "0.48.3"
-    metro-resolver "0.48.3"
-    metro-source-map "0.48.3"
+    metro-cache "0.49.0"
+    metro-config "0.49.0"
+    metro-core "0.49.0"
+    metro-minify-uglify "0.49.0"
+    metro-react-native-babel-preset "0.49.0"
+    metro-resolver "0.49.0"
+    metro-source-map "0.49.0"
     mime-types "2.1.11"
     mkdirp "^0.5.1"
     node-fetch "^2.2.0"