diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 07e1d8da44d..78f9b0f8171 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 ### vNEXT
 
+- Follow-up on the update to `graphql-playground-html` in previous release by also bumping the minor version of the `graphql-playground-react` dependency to `1.7.10` — which is the version requested from the from the CDN bundle by `graphql-playground-html`. [PR #2037](https://github.com/apollographql/apollo-server/pull/2037)
+
 ### v2.2.4
 
 - Fix GraphQL Playground documentation scrolling bug in Safari by updating to latest (rebased) fork of `graphql-playground-html`. [PR #2037](https://github.com/apollographql/apollo-server/pull/2037)
diff --git a/packages/apollo-server-core/src/playground.ts b/packages/apollo-server-core/src/playground.ts
index b4cbc0f6aff..dcbfb7eca0f 100644
--- a/packages/apollo-server-core/src/playground.ts
+++ b/packages/apollo-server-core/src/playground.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ export {
 // This specifies the version of `graphql-playground-react` that will be served
 // from `graphql-playground-html`.  It's passed to ``graphql-playground-html`'s
 // renderPlaygroundPage` via the integration packages' playground configuration.
-const playgroundVersion = '1.7.8';
+const playgroundVersion = '1.7.10';
 
 // https://stackoverflow.com/a/51365037
 type RecursivePartial<T> = {