diff --git a/templates/app/_package.json b/templates/app/_package.json
index ca0a562de..3d0636925 100644
--- a/templates/app/_package.json
+++ b/templates/app/_package.json
@@ -157,8 +157,8 @@
     "html-webpack-harddisk-plugin": "~0.1.0",
     <%_ if(filters.pug) { _%>
     "pug-html-loader": "^1.0.8",<% } %>
-    "typescript": "2.5.2",
-    "awesome-typescript-loader": "^3.1.2",
+    "typescript": "~2.6.1",
+    "awesome-typescript-loader": "^3.3.0",
     "babel-loader": "^7.1.2",
     "css-loader": "^0.28.7",
     "file-loader": "^0.11.2",