diff --git a/packages/create-react-app/index.js b/packages/create-react-app/index.js
index 9660a7e2382..f2f17142149 100755
--- a/packages/create-react-app/index.js
+++ b/packages/create-react-app/index.js
@@ -520,7 +520,7 @@ function checkIfOnline(useYarn) {
   }
 
   return new Promise(function(resolve) {
-    dns.resolve('registry.yarnpkg.com', function(err) {
+    dns.lookup('registry.yarnpkg.com', function(err) {
       resolve(err === null);
     });
   });