diff --git a/local-cli/server/runServer.js b/local-cli/server/runServer.js
index 8680de5b00cde5..e092f685a4b9bf 100644
--- a/local-cli/server/runServer.js
+++ b/local-cli/server/runServer.js
@@ -21,9 +21,7 @@ const HmrServer = require('metro/src/HmrServer');
 const {Terminal} = require('metro-core');
 
 const attachWebsocketServer = require('./util/attachWebsocketServer');
-/* $FlowFixMe(>=0.54.0 site=react_native_oss) This comment suppresses an error
- * found when Flow v0.54 was deployed. To see the error delete this comment and
- * run Flow. */
+const compression = require('compression');
 const connect = require('connect');
 const copyToClipBoardMiddleware = require('./middleware/copyToClipBoardMiddleware');
 const defaultAssetExts = Metro.defaults.assetExts;
@@ -34,6 +32,7 @@ const defaultPlatforms = Metro.defaults.platforms;
  * run Flow. */
 const defaultProvidesModuleNodeModules =
   Metro.defaults.providesModuleNodeModules;
+const errorhandler = require('errorhandler');
 const fs = require('fs');
 const getDevToolsMiddleware = require('./middleware/getDevToolsMiddleware');
 const http = require('http');
@@ -41,8 +40,10 @@ const https = require('https');
 const indexPageMiddleware = require('./middleware/indexPage');
 const loadRawBodyMiddleware = require('./middleware/loadRawBodyMiddleware');
 const messageSocket = require('./util/messageSocket.js');
+const morgan = require('morgan');
 const openStackFrameInEditorMiddleware = require('./middleware/openStackFrameInEditorMiddleware');
 const path = require('path');
+const serveStatic = require('serve-static');
 const statusPageMiddleware = require('./middleware/statusPageMiddleware.js');
 const systraceProfileMiddleware = require('./middleware/systraceProfileMiddleware.js');
 const webSocketProxy = require('./util/webSocketProxy.js');
@@ -92,10 +93,10 @@ function runServer(
 
   const app = connect()
     .use(loadRawBodyMiddleware)
-    .use(connect.compress())
+    .use(compression())
     .use(
       '/debugger-ui',
-      connect.static(path.join(__dirname, 'util', 'debugger-ui')),
+      serveStatic(path.join(__dirname, 'util', 'debugger-ui')),
     )
     .use(
       getDevToolsMiddleware(args, () => wsProxy && wsProxy.isChromeConnected()),
@@ -108,9 +109,9 @@ function runServer(
     .use(indexPageMiddleware)
     .use(packagerServer.processRequest.bind(packagerServer));
 
-  args.projectRoots.forEach(root => app.use(connect.static(root)));
+  args.projectRoots.forEach(root => app.use(serveStatic(root)));
 
-  app.use(connect.logger()).use(connect.errorHandler());
+  app.use(morgan('combined')).use(errorhandler());
 
   if (args.https && (!args.key || !args.cert)) {
     throw new Error('Cannot use https without specifying key and cert options');
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 0b846be4b3155f..4aa05d0060a861 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -159,11 +159,13 @@
     "base64-js": "^1.1.2",
     "chalk": "^1.1.1",
     "commander": "^2.9.0",
-    "connect": "^2.8.3",
+    "compression": "^1.7.1",
+    "connect": "^3.6.5",
     "create-react-class": "^15.5.2",
     "debug": "^2.2.0",
     "denodeify": "^1.2.1",
     "envinfo": "^3.0.0",
+    "errorhandler": "^1.5.0",
     "event-target-shim": "^1.0.5",
     "fbjs": "^0.8.14",
     "fbjs-scripts": "^0.8.1",
@@ -177,6 +179,7 @@
     "mime": "^1.3.4",
     "minimist": "^1.2.0",
     "mkdirp": "^0.5.1",
+    "morgan": "^1.9.0",
     "node-fetch": "^1.3.3",
     "node-notifier": "^5.1.2",
     "npmlog": "^2.0.4",
@@ -192,6 +195,7 @@
     "regenerator-runtime": "^0.11.0",
     "rimraf": "^2.5.4",
     "semver": "^5.0.3",
+    "serve-static": "^1.13.1",
     "shell-quote": "1.6.1",
     "stacktrace-parser": "^0.1.3",
     "whatwg-fetch": "^1.0.0",