diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 696e616fce..230a938d37 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
     "pretest": "npm run lint",
     "test": "npm run karma -- --single-run",
     "karma": "karma start test/karma.config.js",
-    "serve-examples": "mkdir -p build/examples && webpack --config examples/webpack/config.js --mode development --watch & serve build/examples",
+    "serve-examples": "webpack-dev-server --config examples/webpack/config.js --mode development --watch",
     "build-examples": "webpack --config examples/webpack/config.js --mode production",
     "build-index": "node tasks/generate-index",
     "set-version": "node tasks/set-version",
@@ -82,13 +82,13 @@
     "rollup-plugin-node-resolve": "3.3.0",
     "rollup-plugin-sourcemaps": "0.4.2",
     "rollup-plugin-uglify": "4.0.0",
-    "serve": "^9.0.0",
     "sinon": "^6.0.0",
     "uglifyjs-webpack-plugin": "^1.2.5",
     "url-polyfill": "^1.0.13",
     "walk": "^2.3.9",
     "webpack": "4.12.0",
-    "webpack-cli": "^3.0.3"
+    "webpack-cli": "^3.0.3",
+    "webpack-dev-server": "^3.1.4"
   },
   "eslintConfig": {
     "extends": "openlayers"