diff --git a/packages/@angular/cli/blueprints/ng2/files/package.json b/packages/@angular/cli/blueprints/ng2/files/package.json
index 9d072447a11c..14be24dbc1c0 100644
--- a/packages/@angular/cli/blueprints/ng2/files/package.json
+++ b/packages/@angular/cli/blueprints/ng2/files/package.json
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
     "karma-cli": "^1.0.1",
     "karma-jasmine": "^1.0.2",
     "karma-remap-istanbul": "^0.2.1",
-    "protractor": "~4.0.13",
+    "protractor": "~5.1.0",
     "ts-node": "1.2.1",
     "tslint": "^4.3.0",
     "typescript": "~2.0.3"