diff --git a/content/docs/add-react-to-a-website.md b/content/docs/add-react-to-a-website.md
index a03d0e8a..f314928b 100644
--- a/content/docs/add-react-to-a-website.md
+++ b/content/docs/add-react-to-a-website.md
@@ -54,8 +54,8 @@ Next, add three `<script>` tags to the HTML page right before the closing `</bod
 
   <!-- Load React. -->
   <!-- Note: when deploying, replace "development.js" with "production.min.js". -->
-  <script src="https://unpkg.com/react@16/umd/react.development.js" crossorigin></script>
-  <script src="https://unpkg.com/react-dom@16/umd/react-dom.development.js" crossorigin></script>
+  <script src="https://unpkg.com/react@17/umd/react.development.js" crossorigin></script>
+  <script src="https://unpkg.com/react-dom@17/umd/react-dom.development.js" crossorigin></script>
 
   <!-- Load our React component. -->
   <script src="like_button.js"></script>
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ const domContainer = document.querySelector('#like_button_container');
 ReactDOM.render(e(LikeButton), domContainer);
 ```
 
-These two lines of code find the `<div>` we added to our HTML in the first step, and then display our "Like" button React component inside of it. 
+These two lines of code find the `<div>` we added to our HTML in the first step, and then display our "Like" button React component inside of it.
 
 ### That's It! {#thats-it}
 
@@ -115,8 +115,8 @@ Before deploying your website to production, be mindful that unminified JavaScri
 If you already minify the application scripts, **your site will be production-ready** if you ensure that the deployed HTML loads the versions of React ending in `production.min.js`:
 
 ```js
-<script src="https://unpkg.com/react@16/umd/react.production.min.js" crossorigin></script>
-<script src="https://unpkg.com/react-dom@16/umd/react-dom.production.min.js" crossorigin></script>
+<script src="https://unpkg.com/react@17/umd/react.production.min.js" crossorigin></script>
+<script src="https://unpkg.com/react-dom@17/umd/react-dom.production.min.js" crossorigin></script>
 ```
 
 If you don't have a minification step for your scripts, [here's one way to set it up](https://gist.github.com/gaearon/42a2ffa41b8319948f9be4076286e1f3).
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ Congratulations! You just added a **production-ready JSX setup** to your project
 Create a folder called `src` and run this terminal command:
 
 ```
-npx babel --watch src --out-dir . --presets react-app/prod 
+npx babel --watch src --out-dir . --presets react-app/prod
 ```
 
 >Note
diff --git a/content/docs/cdn-links.md b/content/docs/cdn-links.md
index fe3a9009..e357811d 100644
--- a/content/docs/cdn-links.md
+++ b/content/docs/cdn-links.md
@@ -9,18 +9,18 @@ next: release-channels.html
 Both React and ReactDOM are available over a CDN.
 
 ```html
-<script crossorigin src="https://unpkg.com/react@16/umd/react.development.js"></script>
-<script crossorigin src="https://unpkg.com/react-dom@16/umd/react-dom.development.js"></script>
+<script crossorigin src="https://unpkg.com/react@17/umd/react.development.js"></script>
+<script crossorigin src="https://unpkg.com/react-dom@17/umd/react-dom.development.js"></script>
 ```
 
 The versions above are only meant for development, and are not suitable for production. Minified and optimized production versions of React are available at:
 
 ```html
-<script crossorigin src="https://unpkg.com/react@16/umd/react.production.min.js"></script>
-<script crossorigin src="https://unpkg.com/react-dom@16/umd/react-dom.production.min.js"></script>
+<script crossorigin src="https://unpkg.com/react@17/umd/react.production.min.js"></script>
+<script crossorigin src="https://unpkg.com/react-dom@17/umd/react-dom.production.min.js"></script>
 ```
 
-To load a specific version of `react` and `react-dom`, replace `16` with the version number.
+To load a specific version of `react` and `react-dom`, replace `17` with the version number.
 
 ### Why the `crossorigin` Attribute? {#why-the-crossorigin-attribute}
 
diff --git a/content/docs/optimizing-performance.md b/content/docs/optimizing-performance.md
index 72041f33..a3270959 100644
--- a/content/docs/optimizing-performance.md
+++ b/content/docs/optimizing-performance.md
@@ -43,8 +43,8 @@ Remember that this is only necessary before deploying to production. For normal
 We offer production-ready versions of React and React DOM as single files:
 
 ```html
-<script src="https://unpkg.com/react@16/umd/react.production.min.js"></script>
-<script src="https://unpkg.com/react-dom@16/umd/react-dom.production.min.js"></script>
+<script src="https://unpkg.com/react@17/umd/react.production.min.js"></script>
+<script src="https://unpkg.com/react-dom@17/umd/react-dom.production.min.js"></script>
 ```
 
 Remember that only React files ending with `.production.min.js` are suitable for production.
@@ -75,10 +75,10 @@ For the most efficient Browserify production build, install a few plugins:
 
 ```
 # If you use npm
-npm install --save-dev envify terser uglifyify 
+npm install --save-dev envify terser uglifyify
 
 # If you use Yarn
-yarn add --dev envify terser uglifyify 
+yarn add --dev envify terser uglifyify
 ```
 
 To create a production build, make sure that you add these transforms **(the order matters)**:
@@ -379,7 +379,7 @@ function updateColorMap(colormap) {
 }
 ```
 
-This feature was added to JavaScript in ES2018. 
+This feature was added to JavaScript in ES2018.
 
 If you're using Create React App, both `Object.assign` and the object spread syntax are available by default.
 
diff --git a/static/html/single-file-example.html b/static/html/single-file-example.html
index bdae8f02..569b9de4 100644
--- a/static/html/single-file-example.html
+++ b/static/html/single-file-example.html
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@
   <head>
     <meta charset="UTF-8" />
     <title>Hello World</title>
-    <script src="https://unpkg.com/react@16/umd/react.development.js"></script>
-    <script src="https://unpkg.com/react-dom@16/umd/react-dom.development.js"></script>
-    
+    <script src="https://unpkg.com/react@17/umd/react.development.js"></script>
+    <script src="https://unpkg.com/react-dom@17/umd/react-dom.development.js"></script>
+
     <!-- Don't use this in production: -->
     <script src="https://unpkg.com/@babel/standalone/babel.min.js"></script>
   </head>