diff --git a/packages/webpack/package.json b/packages/webpack/package.json
index e182eac37..b34cbb976 100644
--- a/packages/webpack/package.json
+++ b/packages/webpack/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@nativescript/webpack",
-  "version": "2.0.0-rc.0",
+  "version": "2.0.0-rc.1",
   "main": "index",
   "description": "Webpack plugin for NativeScript",
   "homepage": "https://nativescript.org",
diff --git a/packages/webpack/tsconfig.json b/packages/webpack/tsconfig.json
index 6901fa9c7..391dd6b87 100644
--- a/packages/webpack/tsconfig.json
+++ b/packages/webpack/tsconfig.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
     "compilerOptions": {
         "rootDir": ".",
-        "target": "es5",
+        "target": "es2015",
         "module": "commonjs",
         "declaration": true,
         "emitDecoratorMetadata": true,