diff --git a/config/webpack.config.js b/config/webpack.config.js
index 1205b90de402ea8e1094be588e6aa3de98d474bc..100fdc31cbbb8e6a63059ab4b8271734cb25cfb8 100644
--- a/config/webpack.config.js
+++ b/config/webpack.config.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 var fs = require('fs');
 var path = require('path');
 var webpack = require('webpack');
-var StatsPlugin = require('stats-webpack-plugin');
+var StatsWriterPlugin = require('webpack-stats-plugin').StatsWriterPlugin;
 var CompressionPlugin = require('compression-webpack-plugin');
 var NameAllModulesPlugin = require('name-all-modules-plugin');
 var BundleAnalyzerPlugin = require('webpack-bundle-analyzer').BundleAnalyzerPlugin;
@@ -127,12 +127,18 @@ var config = {
   plugins: [
     // manifest filename must match config.webpack.manifest_filename
     // webpack-rails only needs assetsByChunkName to function properly
-    new StatsPlugin('manifest.json', {
-      chunkModules: false,
-      source: false,
-      chunks: false,
-      modules: false,
-      assets: true
+    new StatsWriterPlugin({
+      filename: 'manifest.json',
+      transform: function(data, opts) {
+        var stats = opts.compiler.getStats().toJson({
+          chunkModules: false,
+          source: false,
+          chunks: false,
+          modules: false,
+          assets: true
+        });
+        return JSON.stringify(stats, null, 2);
+      }
     }),
 
     // prevent pikaday from including moment.js
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index eb3084f30bcd1d60b530603d792e01c87acbed3b..57fd3735db67aa58a00873e43e8d680a6c9062c1 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@
     "react-dev-utils": "^0.5.2",
     "select2": "3.5.2-browserify",
     "sql.js": "^0.4.0",
-    "stats-webpack-plugin": "^0.4.3",
     "three": "^0.84.0",
     "three-orbit-controls": "^82.1.0",
     "three-stl-loader": "^1.0.4",
@@ -61,7 +60,8 @@
     "vue-resource": "^1.3.4",
     "vue-template-compiler": "^2.2.6",
     "webpack": "^2.6.1",
-    "webpack-bundle-analyzer": "^2.8.2"
+    "webpack-bundle-analyzer": "^2.8.2",
+    "webpack-stats-plugin": "^0.1.5"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "babel-plugin-istanbul": "^4.0.0",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 63d4e99cddc780409e8acb91e6d2258dae5455af..4ffd7ed11fb6bbb59b655bac2762771fa72214e0 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -5259,10 +5259,6 @@ sshpk@^1.7.0:
     jsbn "~0.1.0"
     tweetnacl "~0.14.0"
 
-stats-webpack-plugin@^0.4.3:
-  version "0.4.3"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/stats-webpack-plugin/-/stats-webpack-plugin-0.4.3.tgz#b2f618202f28dd04ab47d7ecf54ab846137b7aea"
-
 "statuses@>= 1.3.1 < 2", statuses@~1.3.1:
   version "1.3.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/statuses/-/statuses-1.3.1.tgz#faf51b9eb74aaef3b3acf4ad5f61abf24cb7b93e"
@@ -5845,6 +5841,10 @@ webpack-sources@^0.2.3:
     source-list-map "^1.1.1"
     source-map "~0.5.3"
 
+webpack-stats-plugin@^0.1.5:
+  version "0.1.5"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/webpack-stats-plugin/-/webpack-stats-plugin-0.1.5.tgz#29e5f12ebfd53158d31d656a113ac1f7b86179d9"
+
 webpack@^2.6.1:
   version "2.6.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/webpack/-/webpack-2.6.1.tgz#2e0457f0abb1ac5df3ab106c69c672f236785f07"