diff --git a/templates/app/_package.json b/templates/app/_package.json
index 0b068729d..7cb086235 100644
--- a/templates/app/_package.json
+++ b/templates/app/_package.json
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@
     "html-webpack-harddisk-plugin": "~0.0.2",
     <%_ if(filters.pug) { _%>
     "pug-html-loader": "^1.0.8",<% } %>
-    "awesome-typescript-loader": "0.17.0",
+    "awesome-typescript-loader": "^1.1.1",
     "ng-annotate-loader": "~0.1.0",
     "babel-loader": "^6.2.4",
     "css-loader": "^0.24.0",