diff --git a/tns-platform-declarations/package.json b/tns-platform-declarations/package.json
index 6bf16cfe1..ef6d599b9 100644
--- a/tns-platform-declarations/package.json
+++ b/tns-platform-declarations/package.json
@@ -32,6 +32,6 @@
   },
   "homepage": "https://github.com/NativeScript/NativeScript#readme",
   "devDependencies": {
-    "typescript": "~2.0.10"
+    "typescript": "~2.1.6"
   }
 }