diff --git a/scripts/bump-oss-version.js b/scripts/bump-oss-version.js
index b6c7d0daa9b..b8fe500a621 100755
--- a/scripts/bump-oss-version.js
+++ b/scripts/bump-oss-version.js
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
  * After changing the files it makes a commit and tags it.
  * All you have to do is push changes to remote and CI will make a new build.
  */
-
+const fs = require('fs');
 const {
   cat,
   echo,
@@ -32,15 +32,15 @@ let argv = minimist(process.argv.slice(2), {
 });
 
 // - check we are in release branch, e.g. 0.33-stable
-let branch = exec(`git symbolic-ref --short HEAD`, {silent: true}).stdout.trim();
+let branch = exec('git symbolic-ref --short HEAD', {silent: true}).stdout.trim();
 
-if (branch.indexOf(`-stable`) === -1) {
-  echo(`You must be in 0.XX-stable branch to bump a version`);
+if (branch.indexOf('-stable') === -1) {
+  echo('You must be in 0.XX-stable branch to bump a version');
   exit(1);
 }
 
 // e.g. 0.33
-let versionMajor = branch.slice(0, branch.indexOf(`-stable`));
+let versionMajor = branch.slice(0, branch.indexOf('-stable'));
 
 // - check that argument version matches branch
 // e.g. 0.33.1 or 0.33.0-rc4
@@ -58,34 +58,43 @@ if (!match) {
 }
 let [, major, minor, patch, prerelease] = match;
 
-cat('scripts/versiontemplates/ReactNativeVersion.java.template')
-  .replace('${major}', major)
-  .replace('${minor}', minor)
-  .replace('${patch}', patch)
-  .replace('${prerelease}', prerelease !== undefined ? `"${prerelease}"` : 'null')
-  .to('ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/modules/systeminfo/ReactNativeVersion.java');
+fs.writeFileSync(
+  'ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/modules/systeminfo/ReactNativeVersion.java',
+  cat('scripts/versiontemplates/ReactNativeVersion.java.template')
+    .replace('${major}', major)
+    .replace('${minor}', minor)
+    .replace('${patch}', patch)
+    .replace('${prerelease}', prerelease !== undefined ? `"${prerelease}"` : 'null'),
+  'utf-8'
+);
 
-cat('scripts/versiontemplates/RCTVersion.h.template')
-  .replace('${major}', `@(${major})`)
-  .replace('${minor}', `@(${minor})`)
-  .replace('${patch}', `@(${patch})`)
-  .replace('${prerelease}', prerelease !== undefined ? `@"${prerelease}"` : '[NSNull null]')
-  .to('React/Base/RCTVersion.h');
+fs.writeFileSync(
+  'React/Base/RCTVersion.h',
+  cat('scripts/versiontemplates/RCTVersion.h.template')
+    .replace('${major}', `@(${major})`)
+    .replace('${minor}', `@(${minor})`)
+    .replace('${patch}', `@(${patch})`)
+    .replace('${prerelease}', prerelease !== undefined ? `@"${prerelease}"` : '[NSNull null]'),
+  'utf-8'
+);
 
-cat('scripts/versiontemplates/ReactNativeVersion.js.template')
-  .replace('${major}', major)
-  .replace('${minor}', minor)
-  .replace('${patch}', patch)
-  .replace('${prerelease}', prerelease !== undefined ? `'${prerelease}'` : 'null')
-  .to('Libraries/Core/ReactNativeVersion.js');
+fs.writeFileSync(
+  'Libraries/Core/ReactNativeVersion.js',
+  cat('scripts/versiontemplates/ReactNativeVersion.js.template')
+    .replace('${major}', major)
+    .replace('${minor}', minor)
+    .replace('${patch}', patch)
+    .replace('${prerelease}', prerelease !== undefined ? `'${prerelease}'` : 'null'),
+  'utf-8'
+);
 
-let packageJson = JSON.parse(cat(`package.json`));
+let packageJson = JSON.parse(cat('package.json'));
 packageJson.version = version;
-JSON.stringify(packageJson, null, 2).to(`package.json`);
+fs.writeFileSync('package.json', JSON.stringify(packageJson, null, 2), 'utf-8');
 
 // - change ReactAndroid/gradle.properties
-if (sed(`-i`, /^VERSION_NAME=.*/, `VERSION_NAME=${version}`, `ReactAndroid/gradle.properties`).code) {
-  echo(`Couldn't update version for Gradle`);
+if (sed('-i', /^VERSION_NAME=.*/, `VERSION_NAME=${version}`, 'ReactAndroid/gradle.properties').code) {
+  echo('Couldn\'t update version for Gradle');
   exit(1);
 }
 
@@ -93,23 +102,23 @@ if (sed(`-i`, /^VERSION_NAME=.*/, `VERSION_NAME=${version}`, `ReactAndroid/gradl
 let numberOfChangedLinesWithNewVersion = exec(`git diff -U0 | grep '^[+]' | grep -c ${version} `, {silent: true})
   .stdout.trim();
 if (+numberOfChangedLinesWithNewVersion !== 2) {
-  echo(`Failed to update all the files. package.json and gradle.properties must have versions in them`);
-  echo(`Fix the issue, revert and try again`);
-  exec(`git diff`);
+  echo('Failed to update all the files. package.json and gradle.properties must have versions in them');
+  echo('Fix the issue, revert and try again');
+  exec('git diff');
   exit(1);
 }
 
 // - make commit [0.21.0-rc] Bump version numbers
 if (exec(`git commit -a -m "[${version}] Bump version numbers"`).code) {
-  echo(`failed to commit`);
+  echo('failed to commit');
   exit(1);
 }
 
 // - add tag v0.21.0-rc
 if (exec(`git tag v${version}`).code) {
   echo(`failed to tag the commit with v${version}, are you sure this release wasn't made earlier?`);
-  echo(`You may want to rollback the last commit`);
-  echo(`git reset --hard HEAD~1`);
+  echo('You may want to rollback the last commit');
+  echo('git reset --hard HEAD~1');
   exit(1);
 }
 
@@ -118,10 +127,10 @@ let remote = argv.remote;
 exec(`git push ${remote} v${version}`);
 
 // Tag latest if doing stable release
-if (version.indexOf(`rc`) === -1) {
-  exec(`git tag -d latest`);
+if (version.indexOf('rc') === -1) {
+  exec('git tag -d latest');
   exec(`git push ${remote} :latest`);
-  exec(`git tag latest`);
+  exec('git tag latest');
   exec(`git push ${remote} latest`);
 }