diff --git a/.babelrc b/.babelrc
index 841d22c2b4..c30cbe08cb 100644
--- a/.babelrc
+++ b/.babelrc
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 {
-  "presets": ["react", "es2015", "es2016", "es2017", "stage-0"],
+  "presets": ["react", "es2015", "es2016", "es2017", "stage-2"],
   "plugins": ["transform-runtime"]
 }
diff --git a/babelcheck.js b/babelcheck.js
index 2148d20747..46098e0979 100644
--- a/babelcheck.js
+++ b/babelcheck.js
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ exec("babel -V", function (error, stdout, stderr) {
             '*****************************************\n'+
             '* vector-web has moved to babel 6       *\n'+
             '* Please "rm -rf node_modules && npm i" *\n'+
+            '* then restore links as appropriate     *\n'+
             '*****************************************\n'+
         "\033[91m");
         process.exit(1);
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index ac93874199..e2d954997a 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
     "babel-preset-es2016": "^6.16.0",
     "babel-preset-es2017": "^6.16.0",
     "babel-preset-react": "^6.16.0",
-    "babel-preset-stage-0": "^6.16.0",
+    "babel-preset-stage-2": "^6.17.0",
     "catw": "^1.0.1",
     "cpx": "^1.3.2",
     "css-raw-loader": "^0.1.1",