diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 354f8e9..b3e6353 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@
     "sass-loader": "^7.0.1",
     "style-loader": "^0.23.0",
     "svg-sprite-loader": "^4.1.2",
-    "uglifyjs-webpack-plugin": "^2.0.1",
+    "terser-webpack-plugin": "^1.1.0",
     "webpack": "4.23.1",
     "webpack-bundle-analyzer": "^3.0.3",
     "webpack-cli": "^3.1.2",
diff --git a/webpack.common.js b/webpack.common.js
index bd1d79b..40e9a9d 100644
--- a/webpack.common.js
+++ b/webpack.common.js
@@ -160,14 +160,6 @@ module.exports.rules = rules;
 
 // ----- plugins
 
-const UglifyJSPlugin = require('uglifyjs-webpack-plugin');
-
-const definePlugin = new webpack.DefinePlugin({
-  'process.env': {
-    NODE_ENV: JSON.stringify('production')
-  }
-});
-
 // webpack 4 enable optimization concatenateModules by default
 // https://medium.com/webpack/webpack-4-mode-and-optimization-5423a6bc597a
 // const moduleConcatPlugin = new webpack.optimize.ModuleConcatenationPlugin();
@@ -180,8 +172,6 @@ const bundleAnalyzerPlugin = new BundleAnalyzerPlugin({
 
 // prints more readable module names in the browser console on HMR updates
 
-module.exports.definePlugin = definePlugin;
-
 let plugins = [];
 let pluginsCommon = [];
 if (isDev) {
@@ -191,22 +181,6 @@ if (isDev) {
   plugins = [
     ...pluginsCommon,
     new webpack.HashedModuleIdsPlugin(),
-    definePlugin,
-    // see https://github.com/webpack-contrib/uglifyjs-webpack-plugin
-    new UglifyJSPlugin({
-      // enable parallelization.
-      // default number of concurrent runs: os.cpus().length - 1.
-      parallel: true,
-      // enable file caching.
-      // default path to cache directory:
-      // node_modules/.cache/uglifyjs-webpack-plugin.
-      cache: true
-      // debug
-      // uglifyOptions: {
-      //   compress: false,
-      //   mangle: false
-      // }
-    }),
     cssExtractPlugin,
     bundleAnalyzerPlugin
   ];
diff --git a/webpack.config.js b/webpack.config.js
index f188dfd..3f97ceb 100644
--- a/webpack.config.js
+++ b/webpack.config.js
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 const path = require('path');
 const webpack = require('webpack');
 const { rules, plugins } = require('./webpack.common');
+const TerserPlugin = require('terser-webpack-plugin');
 const isDev = process.env.NODE_ENV !== 'production';
 
 const resolveDir = dir => path.resolve(__dirname, dir);
@@ -116,7 +117,16 @@ module.exports = {
         }
       }
     },
-    runtimeChunk: true
+    runtimeChunk: true,
+    minimizer: [
+      // the current uglifyjs-webpack-plugin has problems workin with React Hooks
+      // see also:
+      // https://github.com/webpack-contrib/uglifyjs-webpack-plugin/issues/374
+      new TerserPlugin({
+        cache: true,
+        parallel: true
+      })
+    ]
   },
   plugins
 };
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 8642820..a307ecd 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -1613,7 +1613,7 @@ cacache@^10.0.4:
     unique-filename "^1.1.0"
     y18n "^4.0.0"
 
-cacache@^11.2.0:
+cacache@^11.0.2:
   version "11.2.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/cacache/-/cacache-11.2.0.tgz#617bdc0b02844af56310e411c0878941d5739965"
   integrity sha512-IFWl6lfK6wSeYCHUXh+N1lY72UDrpyrYQJNIVQf48paDuWbv5RbAtJYf/4gUQFObTCHZwdZ5sI8Iw7nqwP6nlQ==
@@ -7400,6 +7400,14 @@ source-map-resolve@^0.5.0:
     source-map-url "^0.4.0"
     urix "^0.1.0"
 
+source-map-support@~0.5.6:
+  version "0.5.9"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/source-map-support/-/source-map-support-0.5.9.tgz#41bc953b2534267ea2d605bccfa7bfa3111ced5f"
+  integrity sha512-gR6Rw4MvUlYy83vP0vxoVNzM6t8MUXqNuRsuBmBHQDu1Fh6X015FrLdgoDKcNdkwGubozq0P4N0Q37UyFVr1EA==
+  dependencies:
+    buffer-from "^1.0.0"
+    source-map "^0.6.0"
+
 source-map-url@^0.4.0:
   version "0.4.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/source-map-url/-/source-map-url-0.4.0.tgz#3e935d7ddd73631b97659956d55128e87b5084a3"
@@ -7417,7 +7425,7 @@ source-map@^0.4.2:
   dependencies:
     amdefine ">=0.0.4"
 
-source-map@^0.6.1, source-map@~0.6.1:
+source-map@^0.6.0, source-map@^0.6.1, source-map@~0.6.1:
   version "0.6.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/source-map/-/source-map-0.6.1.tgz#74722af32e9614e9c287a8d0bbde48b5e2f1a263"
   integrity sha512-UjgapumWlbMhkBgzT7Ykc5YXUT46F0iKu8SGXq0bcwP5dz/h0Plj6enJqjz1Zbq2l5WaqYnrVbwWOWMyF3F47g==
@@ -7818,6 +7826,29 @@ tar@^4:
     safe-buffer "^5.1.2"
     yallist "^3.0.2"
 
+terser-webpack-plugin@^1.1.0:
+  version "1.1.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/terser-webpack-plugin/-/terser-webpack-plugin-1.1.0.tgz#cf7c25a1eee25bf121f4a587bb9e004e3f80e528"
+  integrity sha512-61lV0DSxMAZ8AyZG7/A4a3UPlrbOBo8NIQ4tJzLPAdGOQ+yoNC7l5ijEow27lBAL2humer01KLS6bGIMYQxKoA==
+  dependencies:
+    cacache "^11.0.2"
+    find-cache-dir "^2.0.0"
+    schema-utils "^1.0.0"
+    serialize-javascript "^1.4.0"
+    source-map "^0.6.1"
+    terser "^3.8.1"
+    webpack-sources "^1.1.0"
+    worker-farm "^1.5.2"
+
+terser@^3.8.1:
+  version "3.10.4"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/terser/-/terser-3.10.4.tgz#63ed0b5266d39cbdcb9c2bf6506f6444b70184a3"
+  integrity sha512-Gobjr6j9ZbA0oAFW+foiqp8LUZjBkd5UHxCVL0cPOlHO7wKKa3FwHW/j9p7d1/ypPl6m9Bf0LAFbbHf3k97asA==
+  dependencies:
+    commander "~2.17.1"
+    source-map "~0.6.1"
+    source-map-support "~0.5.6"
+
 text-table@^0.2.0:
   version "0.2.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/text-table/-/text-table-0.2.0.tgz#7f5ee823ae805207c00af2df4a84ec3fcfa570b4"
@@ -7993,14 +8024,6 @@ uglify-js@3.3.x:
     commander "~2.14.1"
     source-map "~0.6.1"
 
-uglify-js@^3.0.0:
-  version "3.4.9"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/uglify-js/-/uglify-js-3.4.9.tgz#af02f180c1207d76432e473ed24a28f4a782bae3"
-  integrity sha512-8CJsbKOtEbnJsTyv6LE6m6ZKniqMiFWmm9sRbopbkGs3gMPPfd3Fh8iIA4Ykv5MgaTbqHr4BaoGLJLZNhsrW1Q==
-  dependencies:
-    commander "~2.17.1"
-    source-map "~0.6.1"
-
 uglifyjs-webpack-plugin@^1.2.4:
   version "1.3.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/uglifyjs-webpack-plugin/-/uglifyjs-webpack-plugin-1.3.0.tgz#75f548160858163a08643e086d5fefe18a5d67de"
@@ -8015,20 +8038,6 @@ uglifyjs-webpack-plugin@^1.2.4:
     webpack-sources "^1.1.0"
     worker-farm "^1.5.2"
 
-uglifyjs-webpack-plugin@^2.0.1:
-  version "2.0.1"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/uglifyjs-webpack-plugin/-/uglifyjs-webpack-plugin-2.0.1.tgz#f346af53ed496ce72fef462517d417f62bec3010"
-  integrity sha512-1HhCHkOB6wRCcv7htcz1QRPVbWPEY074RP9vzt/X0LF4xXm9l4YGd0qja7z88abDixQlnVwBjXsTBs+Xsn/eeQ==
-  dependencies:
-    cacache "^11.2.0"
-    find-cache-dir "^2.0.0"
-    schema-utils "^1.0.0"
-    serialize-javascript "^1.4.0"
-    source-map "^0.6.1"
-    uglify-js "^3.0.0"
-    webpack-sources "^1.1.0"
-    worker-farm "^1.5.2"
-
 unicode-canonical-property-names-ecmascript@^1.0.4:
   version "1.0.4"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/unicode-canonical-property-names-ecmascript/-/unicode-canonical-property-names-ecmascript-1.0.4.tgz#2619800c4c825800efdd8343af7dd9933cbe2818"