diff --git a/Libraries/polyfills/babelHelpers.js b/Libraries/polyfills/babelHelpers.js
index dfe819464f..7d251ea347 100644
--- a/Libraries/polyfills/babelHelpers.js
+++ b/Libraries/polyfills/babelHelpers.js
@@ -12,19 +12,15 @@
 /* eslint-disable quotes, curly, no-proto, no-undef-init, dot-notation */
 
 // Created by running:
-// require('babel-core').buildExternalHelpers('_extends classCallCheck createClass createRawReactElement defineProperty get inherits  interopRequireDefault interopRequireWildcard objectWithoutProperties possibleConstructorReturn slicedToArray taggedTemplateLiteral toArray toConsumableArray '.split(' '))
-// then replacing the `global` reference in the last line to also use `this`.
+// require('fs').writeFileSync('babelExternalHelpers.js', require('@babel/core').buildExternalHelpers('_extends classCallCheck createClass createRawReactElement defineProperty get inherits  interopRequireDefault interopRequireWildcard objectWithoutProperties possibleConstructorReturn slicedToArray taggedTemplateLiteral toArray toConsumableArray wrapNativeSuper assertThisInitialized taggedTemplateLiteralLoose'.split(' ')))// then replacing the `global` reference in the last line to also use `this`.
 //
-// actually, that's a lie, because babel6 omits _extends and createRawReactElement
+// Actually, that's a lie, because babel omits _extends and
+// createRawReactElement. the file is also cleaned up a bit.
+// You may need to clear wrapNativeSuper while the bug hasn't been fixed yet.
+// Do try to keep diffs to a minimum.
 
 var babelHelpers = global.babelHelpers = {};
 
-babelHelpers.typeof = typeof Symbol === "function" && typeof Symbol.iterator === "symbol" ? function (obj) {
-  return typeof obj;
-} : function (obj) {
-  return obj && typeof Symbol === "function" && obj.constructor === Symbol && obj !== Symbol.prototype ? "symbol" : typeof obj;
-};
-
 babelHelpers.createRawReactElement = (function () {
   var REACT_ELEMENT_TYPE = typeof Symbol === "function" && Symbol.for && Symbol.for("react.element") || 0xeac7;
   return function createRawReactElement(type, key, props) {
@@ -45,32 +41,20 @@ babelHelpers.classCallCheck = function (instance, Constructor) {
   }
 };
 
-babelHelpers.createClass = (function () {
-  function defineProperties(target, props) {
-    for (var i = 0; i < props.length; i++) {
-      var descriptor = props[i];
-      descriptor.enumerable = descriptor.enumerable || false;
-      descriptor.configurable = true;
-      if ("value" in descriptor) descriptor.writable = true;
-      Object.defineProperty(target, descriptor.key, descriptor);
-    }
+function _defineProperties(target, props) {
+  for (var i = 0; i < props.length; i++) {
+    var descriptor = props[i];
+    descriptor.enumerable = descriptor.enumerable || false;
+    descriptor.configurable = true;
+    if ("value" in descriptor) descriptor.writable = true;
+    Object.defineProperty(target, descriptor.key, descriptor);
   }
+}
 
-  return function (Constructor, protoProps, staticProps) {
-    if (protoProps) defineProperties(Constructor.prototype, protoProps);
-    if (staticProps) defineProperties(Constructor, staticProps);
-    return Constructor;
-  };
-})();
-
-babelHelpers.defineEnumerableProperties = function(obj, descs) {
-  for (var key in descs) {
-    var desc = descs[key];
-    desc.configurable = (desc.enumerable = true);
-    if ('value' in desc) desc.writable = true;
-    Object.defineProperty(obj, key, desc);
-  }
-  return obj;
+babelHelpers.createClass = function(Constructor, protoProps, staticProps) {
+  if (protoProps) _defineProperties(Constructor.prototype, protoProps);
+  if (staticProps) _defineProperties(Constructor, staticProps);
+  return Constructor;
 };
 
 babelHelpers.defineProperty = function (obj, key, value) {
@@ -129,9 +113,8 @@ babelHelpers.get = function get(object, property, receiver) {
 
 babelHelpers.inherits = function (subClass, superClass) {
   if (typeof superClass !== "function" && superClass !== null) {
-    throw new TypeError("Super expression must either be null or a function, not " + typeof superClass);
+    throw new TypeError("Super expression must either be null or a function");
   }
-
   subClass.prototype = Object.create(superClass && superClass.prototype, {
     constructor: {
       value: subClass,
@@ -143,6 +126,54 @@ babelHelpers.inherits = function (subClass, superClass) {
   if (superClass) Object.setPrototypeOf ? Object.setPrototypeOf(subClass, superClass) : subClass.__proto__ = superClass;
 };
 
+var _gPO = Object.getPrototypeOf || function _gPO(o) { return o.__proto__ };
+var _sPO = Object.setPrototypeOf || function _sPO(o, p) { o.__proto__ = p; return o };
+var _construct =
+// TODO: prepack does not like this line (and we can use the fallback just fine)
+// (typeof Reflect === "object" && Reflect.construct) ||
+  function _construct(Parent, args, Class) {
+    var Constructor, a = [null];
+    a.push.apply(a, args);
+    Constructor = Parent.bind.apply(Parent, a);
+    return _sPO(new Constructor, Class.prototype);
+  };
+var _cache = typeof Map === "function" && new Map();
+babelHelpers.wrapNativeSuper = function(Class) {
+  // FB:
+  // Note: while extending native classes is pretty meh we do have cases, for
+  // example; Error. There is also a false positive, for example; Blob.
+
+  if (typeof Class !== "function") {
+    throw new TypeError("Super expression must either be null or a function");
+  }
+  if (typeof _cache !== "undefined") {
+    if (_cache.has(Class)) return _cache.get(Class);
+    _cache.set(Class, Wrapper);
+  }
+  function Wrapper() {
+    // this is a temporary fix for a babel bug (it's invoking the wrong func
+    // when you do `super()`)
+    return _construct(Class, arguments, _gPO(this).constructor);
+  }
+  Wrapper.prototype = Object.create(Class.prototype, {
+    constructor: {
+      value: Wrapper,
+      enumerable: false,
+      writeable: true,
+      configurable: true,
+    }
+  });
+  return _sPO(
+    Wrapper,
+    _sPO(
+      function Super() {
+        return _construct(Class, arguments, _gPO(this).constructor);
+      },
+      Class
+    )
+  );
+};
+
 babelHelpers.interopRequireDefault = function (obj) {
   return obj && obj.__esModule ? obj : {
     default: obj
@@ -157,7 +188,15 @@ babelHelpers.interopRequireWildcard = function (obj) {
 
     if (obj != null) {
       for (var key in obj) {
-        if (Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(obj, key)) newObj[key] = obj[key];
+        if (Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(obj, key)) {
+          var desc = Object.defineProperty && Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor ? Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor(obj, key) : {};
+
+          if (desc.get || desc.set) {
+            Object.defineProperty(newObj, key, desc);
+          } else {
+            newObj[key] = obj[key];
+          }
+        }
       }
     }
 
@@ -166,63 +205,79 @@ babelHelpers.interopRequireWildcard = function (obj) {
   }
 };
 
-babelHelpers.objectWithoutProperties = function (obj, keys) {
+babelHelpers.objectWithoutProperties = function(source, excluded) {
+  if (source == null) return {};
   var target = {};
+  var sourceKeys = Object.keys(source);
+  var key, i;
 
-  for (var i in obj) {
-    if (keys.indexOf(i) >= 0) continue;
-    if (!Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(obj, i)) continue;
-    target[i] = obj[i];
+  for (i = 0; i < sourceKeys.length; i++) {
+    key = sourceKeys[i];
+    if (excluded.indexOf(key) >= 0) continue;
+    target[key] = source[key];
+  }
+
+  if (Object.getOwnPropertySymbols) {
+    var sourceSymbolKeys = Object.getOwnPropertySymbols(source);
+
+    for (i = 0; i < sourceSymbolKeys.length; i++) {
+      key = sourceSymbolKeys[i];
+      if (excluded.indexOf(key) >= 0) continue;
+      if (!Object.prototype.propertyIsEnumerable.call(source, key)) continue;
+      target[key] = source[key];
+    }
   }
 
   return target;
 };
 
 babelHelpers.possibleConstructorReturn = function (self, call) {
-  if (!self) {
+  if (call && (typeof call === "object" || typeof call === "function")) {
+    return call;
+  }
+
+  if (self === void 0) {
     throw new ReferenceError("this hasn't been initialised - super() hasn't been called");
   }
 
-  return call && (typeof call === "object" || typeof call === "function") ? call : self;
+  return self;
 };
 
-babelHelpers.slicedToArray = (function () {
-  function sliceIterator(arr, i) {
-    var _arr = [];
-    var _n = true;
-    var _d = false;
-    var _e = undefined;
+function _sliceIterator(arr, i) {
+  var _arr = [];
+  var _n = true;
+  var _d = false;
+  var _e = undefined;
 
-    try {
-      for (var _i = arr[Symbol.iterator](), _s; !(_n = (_s = _i.next()).done); _n = true) {
-        _arr.push(_s.value);
+  try {
+    for (var _i = arr[Symbol.iterator](), _s; !(_n = (_s = _i.next()).done); _n = true) {
+      _arr.push(_s.value);
 
-        if (i && _arr.length === i) break;
-      }
-    } catch (err) {
-      _d = true;
-      _e = err;
-    } finally {
-      try {
-        if (!_n && _i["return"]) _i["return"]();
-      } finally {
-        if (_d) throw _e;
-      }
+      if (i && _arr.length === i) break;
+    }
+  } catch (err) {
+    _d = true;
+    _e = err;
+  } finally {
+    try {
+      if (!_n && _i["return"] != null) _i["return"]();
+    } finally {
+      if (_d) throw _e;
     }
-
-    return _arr;
   }
 
-  return function (arr, i) {
-    if (Array.isArray(arr)) {
-      return arr;
-    } else if (Symbol.iterator in Object(arr)) {
-      return sliceIterator(arr, i);
-    } else {
-      throw new TypeError("Invalid attempt to destructure non-iterable instance");
-    }
-  };
-})();
+  return _arr;
+}
+
+babelHelpers.slicedToArray = function(arr, i) {
+  if (Array.isArray(arr)) {
+    return arr;
+  } else if (Symbol.iterator in Object(arr)) {
+    return _sliceIterator(arr, i);
+  } else {
+    throw new TypeError("Invalid attempt to destructure non-iterable instance");
+  }
+};
 
 babelHelpers.taggedTemplateLiteral = function (strings, raw) {
   return Object.freeze(Object.defineProperties(strings, {
@@ -238,10 +293,25 @@ babelHelpers.toArray = function (arr) {
 
 babelHelpers.toConsumableArray = function (arr) {
   if (Array.isArray(arr)) {
-    for (var i = 0, arr2 = Array(arr.length); i < arr.length; i++) arr2[i] = arr[i];
+    for (var i = 0, arr2 = new Array(arr.length); i < arr.length; i++) arr2[i] = arr[i];
 
     return arr2;
   } else {
     return Array.from(arr);
   }
 };
+
+babelHelpers.assertThisInitialized = function(self) {
+  if (self === void 0) {
+    throw new ReferenceError(
+      "this hasn't been initialised - super() hasn't been called",
+    );
+  }
+
+  return self;
+};
+
+babelHelpers.taggedTemplateLiteralLoose = function(strings, raw) {
+  strings.raw = raw;
+  return strings;
+};
diff --git a/babel-preset/configs/main.js b/babel-preset/configs/main.js
index 96405f002f..d17db86969 100644
--- a/babel-preset/configs/main.js
+++ b/babel-preset/configs/main.js
@@ -8,37 +8,55 @@
 'use strict';
 
 const defaultPlugins = [
-  [require('babel-plugin-syntax-class-properties')],
-  [require('babel-plugin-syntax-trailing-function-commas')],
-  [require('babel-plugin-transform-class-properties')],
-  [require('babel-plugin-transform-es2015-block-scoping')],
-  [require('babel-plugin-transform-es2015-computed-properties')],
-  [require('babel-plugin-transform-es2015-destructuring')],
-  [require('babel-plugin-transform-es2015-function-name')],
-  [require('babel-plugin-transform-es2015-literals')],
-  [require('babel-plugin-transform-es2015-parameters')],
-  [require('babel-plugin-transform-es2015-shorthand-properties')],
-  [require('babel-plugin-transform-flow-strip-types')],
-  [require('babel-plugin-transform-react-jsx')],
-  [require('babel-plugin-transform-regenerator')],
+  [require('@babel/plugin-transform-block-scoping')],
+  // the flow strip types plugin must go BEFORE class properties!
+  // there'll be a test case that fails if you don't.
+  [require('@babel/plugin-transform-flow-strip-types')],
   [
-    require('babel-plugin-transform-es2015-modules-commonjs'),
-    {strict: false, allowTopLevelThis: true},
+    require('@babel/plugin-proposal-class-properties'),
+    // use `this.foo = bar` instead of `this.defineProperty('foo', ...)`
+    // (Makes the properties enumerable)
+    {loose: true},
+  ],
+  [require('@babel/plugin-transform-computed-properties')],
+  [require('@babel/plugin-transform-destructuring')],
+  [require('@babel/plugin-transform-function-name')],
+  [require('@babel/plugin-transform-literals')],
+  [require('@babel/plugin-transform-parameters')],
+  [require('@babel/plugin-transform-shorthand-properties')],
+  [require('@babel/plugin-transform-react-jsx')],
+  [require('@babel/plugin-transform-regenerator')],
+  [require('@babel/plugin-transform-sticky-regex')],
+  [require('@babel/plugin-transform-unicode-regex')],
+  [
+    require('@babel/plugin-transform-modules-commonjs'),
+    {
+      strict: false,
+      strictMode : false, // prevent "use strict" injections
+      allowTopLevelThis: true, // dont rewrite global `this` -> `undefined`
+    },
   ],
 ];
 
-const checkES2015Constants = [require('babel-plugin-check-es2015-constants')];
-const es2015ArrowFunctions = [require('babel-plugin-transform-es2015-arrow-functions')];
-const es2015Classes = [require('babel-plugin-transform-es2015-classes')];
-const es2015ForOf = [require('babel-plugin-transform-es2015-for-of'), {loose: true}];
-const es2015Spread = [require('babel-plugin-transform-es2015-spread')];
-const es2015TemplateLiterals = [require('babel-plugin-transform-es2015-template-literals')];
-const asyncFunctions = [require('babel-plugin-syntax-async-functions')];
-const exponentiationOperator = [require('babel-plugin-transform-exponentiation-operator')];
-const objectAssign = [require('babel-plugin-transform-object-assign')];
-const objectRestSpread = [require('babel-plugin-transform-object-rest-spread')];
-const reactDisplayName = [require('babel-plugin-transform-react-display-name')];
-const reactJsxSource = [require('babel-plugin-transform-react-jsx-source')];
+const es2015ArrowFunctions = [
+  require('@babel/plugin-transform-arrow-functions'),
+];
+const es2015Classes = [require('@babel/plugin-transform-classes')];
+const es2015ForOf = [require('@babel/plugin-transform-for-of'), {loose: true}];
+const es2015Spread = [require('@babel/plugin-transform-spread')];
+const es2015TemplateLiterals = [
+  require('@babel/plugin-transform-template-literals'),
+  {loose: true}, // dont 'a'.concat('b'), just use 'a'+'b'
+];
+const exponentiationOperator = [
+  require('@babel/plugin-transform-exponentiation-operator'),
+];
+const objectAssign = [require('@babel/plugin-transform-object-assign')];
+const objectRestSpread = [require('@babel/plugin-proposal-object-rest-spread')];
+const reactDisplayName = [
+  require('@babel/plugin-transform-react-display-name'),
+];
+const reactJsxSource = [require('@babel/plugin-transform-react-jsx-source')];
 const symbolMember = [require('../transforms/transform-symbol-member')];
 
 const getPreset = (src, options) => {
@@ -49,18 +67,12 @@ const getPreset = (src, options) => {
 
   const extraPlugins = [];
 
-  if (isNull || src.indexOf('async') !== -1 || src.indexOf('await') !== -1) {
-    extraPlugins.push(asyncFunctions);
-  }
   if (hasClass) {
     extraPlugins.push(es2015Classes);
   }
   if (isNull || src.indexOf('=>') !== -1) {
     extraPlugins.push(es2015ArrowFunctions);
   }
-  if (isNull || src.indexOf('const') !== -1) {
-    extraPlugins.push(checkES2015Constants);
-  }
   if (isNull || hasClass || src.indexOf('...') !== -1) {
     extraPlugins.push(es2015Spread);
     extraPlugins.push(objectRestSpread);
diff --git a/jest/preprocessor.js b/jest/preprocessor.js
index e6a897f8e0..a7c52411f1 100644
--- a/jest/preprocessor.js
+++ b/jest/preprocessor.js
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
 'use strict';
 
-const babel = require('babel-core');
+const {transformSync: babelTransformSync} = require('@babel/core');
 /* $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. */
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ const babelRegisterOnly = require('metro/src/babelRegisterOnly');
  * found when Flow v0.54 was deployed. To see the error delete this comment and
  * run Flow. */
 const createCacheKeyFunction = require('fbjs-scripts/jest/createCacheKeyFunction');
-const generate = require('babel-generator').default;
+const generate = require('@babel/generator').default;
 
 const nodeFiles = RegExp([
   '/local-cli/',
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ const transformer = require('metro/src/transformer.js');
 module.exports = {
   process(src/*: string*/, file/*: string*/) {
     if (nodeFiles.test(file)) { // node specific transforms only
-      return babel.transform(
+      return babelTransformSync(
         src,
         Object.assign({filename: file}, nodeOptions)
       ).code;
@@ -54,6 +54,45 @@ module.exports = {
         retainLines: true,
       },
       src,
+      plugins: [
+        [require('@babel/plugin-transform-block-scoping')],
+        // the flow strip types plugin must go BEFORE class properties!
+        // there'll be a test case that fails if you don't.
+        [require('@babel/plugin-transform-flow-strip-types')],
+        [
+          require('@babel/plugin-proposal-class-properties'),
+          // use `this.foo = bar` instead of `this.defineProperty('foo', ...)`
+          // (Makes the properties enumerable)
+          {loose: true},
+        ],
+        [require('@babel/plugin-transform-computed-properties')],
+        [require('@babel/plugin-transform-destructuring')],
+        [require('@babel/plugin-transform-function-name')],
+        [require('@babel/plugin-transform-literals')],
+        [require('@babel/plugin-transform-parameters')],
+        [require('@babel/plugin-transform-shorthand-properties')],
+        [require('@babel/plugin-transform-react-jsx')],
+        [require('@babel/plugin-transform-regenerator')],
+        [require('@babel/plugin-transform-sticky-regex')],
+        [require('@babel/plugin-transform-unicode-regex')],
+        [
+          require('@babel/plugin-transform-modules-commonjs'),
+          {strict: false, allowTopLevelThis: true},
+        ],
+        [require('@babel/plugin-transform-classes')],
+        [require('@babel/plugin-transform-arrow-functions')],
+        [require('@babel/plugin-transform-spread')],
+        [require('@babel/plugin-proposal-object-rest-spread')],
+        [
+          require('@babel/plugin-transform-template-literals'),
+          {loose: true}, // dont 'a'.concat('b'), just use 'a'+'b'
+        ],
+        [require('@babel/plugin-transform-exponentiation-operator')],
+        [require('@babel/plugin-transform-object-assign')],
+        [require('@babel/plugin-transform-for-of'), {loose: true}],
+        [require('@babel/plugin-transform-react-display-name')],
+        [require('@babel/plugin-transform-react-jsx-source')],
+      ],
     });
 
     return generate(ast, {
@@ -70,6 +109,6 @@ module.exports = {
   getCacheKey: createCacheKeyFunction([
     __filename,
     require.resolve('metro/src/transformer.js'),
-    require.resolve('babel-core/package.json'),
+    require.resolve('@babel/core/package.json'),
   ]),
 };