diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 8a71f409f..fc53c4280 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
     "rxjs": "^5.5.0",
     "semaphore-async-await": "^1.5.1",
     "string-similarity": "^1.1.0",
-    "typescript": "2.4.2",
+    "typescript": "2.6.1",
     "vscode-jsonrpc": "^3.3.1",
     "vscode-languageserver": "^3.1.0",
     "vscode-languageserver-types": "^3.0.3"