diff --git a/packages/eslint-config-react-app/README.md b/packages/eslint-config-react-app/README.md
index a83a9ee924e..4ada3431245 100644
--- a/packages/eslint-config-react-app/README.md
+++ b/packages/eslint-config-react-app/README.md
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ If you want to use this ESLint configuration in a project not built with Create
 First, install this package, ESLint and the necessary plugins.
 
 ```sh
-npm install --save-dev eslint-config-react-app @typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin@1.x @typescript-eslint/parser@1.x babel-eslint@10.x eslint@6.x eslint-plugin-flowtype@3.x eslint-plugin-import@2.x eslint-plugin-jsx-a11y@6.x eslint-plugin-react@7.x eslint-plugin-react-hooks@1.x
+npm install --save-dev eslint-config-react-app @typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin@2.x @typescript-eslint/parser@2.x babel-eslint@10.x eslint@6.x eslint-plugin-flowtype@3.x eslint-plugin-import@2.x eslint-plugin-jsx-a11y@6.x eslint-plugin-react@7.x eslint-plugin-react-hooks@1.x
 ```
 
 Then create a file named `.eslintrc.json` with following contents in the root folder of your project:
diff --git a/packages/eslint-config-react-app/index.js b/packages/eslint-config-react-app/index.js
index 210928d58c9..0ba41fd28ab 100644
--- a/packages/eslint-config-react-app/index.js
+++ b/packages/eslint-config-react-app/index.js
@@ -78,7 +78,10 @@ module.exports = {
         'no-undef': 'off',
 
         // Add TypeScript specific rules (and turn off ESLint equivalents)
-        '@typescript-eslint/no-angle-bracket-type-assertion': 'warn',
+        '@typescript-eslint/consistent-type-assertions': [
+          'warn',
+          { assertionStyle: 'as', objectLiteralTypeAssertions: 'allow' }
+        ],
         'no-array-constructor': 'off',
         '@typescript-eslint/no-array-constructor': 'warn',
         '@typescript-eslint/no-namespace': 'error',
diff --git a/packages/eslint-config-react-app/package.json b/packages/eslint-config-react-app/package.json
index e991f8d5589..657fbdd1b41 100644
--- a/packages/eslint-config-react-app/package.json
+++ b/packages/eslint-config-react-app/package.json
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@
     "index.js"
   ],
   "peerDependencies": {
-    "@typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin": "1.x",
-    "@typescript-eslint/parser": "1.x",
+    "@typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin": "2.x",
+    "@typescript-eslint/parser": "2.x",
     "babel-eslint": "10.x",
     "eslint": "6.x",
     "eslint-plugin-flowtype": "3.x",