diff --git a/packages/babel-preset-flow/src/index.ts b/packages/babel-preset-flow/src/index.ts
index c20ac238c349..3f3cfc071c10 100644
--- a/packages/babel-preset-flow/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/babel-preset-flow/src/index.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ export default declarePreset((api, opts) => {
     all,
     allowDeclareFields,
     ignoreExtensions = false,
-    useHermesParser = false,
+    experimental_useHermesParser: useHermesParser = false,
   } = normalizeOptions(opts);
 
   const plugins: any[] = [
diff --git a/packages/babel-preset-flow/src/normalize-options.ts b/packages/babel-preset-flow/src/normalize-options.ts
index f65b5e8ed451..275aebee7919 100644
--- a/packages/babel-preset-flow/src/normalize-options.ts
+++ b/packages/babel-preset-flow/src/normalize-options.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { OptionValidator } from "@babel/helper-validator-option";
 const v = new OptionValidator("@babel/preset-flow");
 
 export default function normalizeOptions(options: any = {}) {
-  let { all, ignoreExtensions, useHermesParser } = options;
+  let { all, ignoreExtensions, experimental_useHermesParser } = options;
   const { allowDeclareFields } = options;
 
   if (process.env.BABEL_8_BREAKING) {
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ export default function normalizeOptions(options: any = {}) {
     const TopLevelOptions = {
       all: "all",
       ignoreExtensions: "ignoreExtensions",
-      useHermesParser: "useHermesParser",
+      experimental_useHermesParser: "experimental_useHermesParser",
     };
     v.validateTopLevelOptions(options, TopLevelOptions);
     all = v.validateBooleanOption(TopLevelOptions.all, all);
@@ -21,21 +21,21 @@ export default function normalizeOptions(options: any = {}) {
       TopLevelOptions.ignoreExtensions,
       ignoreExtensions,
     );
-    useHermesParser = v.validateBooleanOption(
-      TopLevelOptions.useHermesParser,
-      useHermesParser,
+    experimental_useHermesParser = v.validateBooleanOption(
+      TopLevelOptions.experimental_useHermesParser,
+      experimental_useHermesParser,
     );
     return {
       all,
       ignoreExtensions,
-      useHermesParser,
+      experimental_useHermesParser,
     };
   } else {
     return {
       all,
       allowDeclareFields,
       ignoreExtensions,
-      useHermesParser,
+      experimental_useHermesParser,
     };
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/babel-preset-flow/test/fixtures/flow-parser/hermes/options.json b/packages/babel-preset-flow/test/fixtures/flow-parser/hermes/options.json
index 282eb4f62f4b..c79f842aa916 100644
--- a/packages/babel-preset-flow/test/fixtures/flow-parser/hermes/options.json
+++ b/packages/babel-preset-flow/test/fixtures/flow-parser/hermes/options.json
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 {
-  "presets": [["flow", { "useHermesParser": true }]],
+  "presets": [["flow", { "experimental_useHermesParser": true }]],
   "minNodeVersion": "12.0.0"
 }
diff --git a/packages/babel-preset-flow/test/normalize-options.skip-bundled.js b/packages/babel-preset-flow/test/normalize-options.skip-bundled.js
index 71dd5bdec267..4eb5a149bb23 100644
--- a/packages/babel-preset-flow/test/normalize-options.skip-bundled.js
+++ b/packages/babel-preset-flow/test/normalize-options.skip-bundled.js
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@ describe("normalize options", () => {
       expect(normalizeOptions({})).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
         Object {
           "all": undefined,
+          "experimental_useHermesParser": undefined,
           "ignoreExtensions": undefined,
-          "useHermesParser": undefined,
         }
       `);
     });
@@ -51,8 +51,8 @@ describe("normalize options", () => {
         Object {
           "all": undefined,
           "allowDeclareFields": undefined,
+          "experimental_useHermesParser": undefined,
           "ignoreExtensions": undefined,
-          "useHermesParser": undefined,
         }
       `);
     });