diff --git a/server/zanata-frontend/src/package.json b/server/zanata-frontend/src/package.json
index 4abf8a74ab..bc933e78e2 100644
--- a/server/zanata-frontend/src/package.json
+++ b/server/zanata-frontend/src/package.json
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@
     "style-loader": "0.19.1",
     "tslint": "^5.9.1",
     "tslint-loader": "^3.5.3",
-    "typescript": "^2.7.1",
+    "typescript": "^2.8.1",
     "webpack": "3.10.0",
     "webpack-dev-server": "2.11.0",
     "webpack-manifest-plugin": "1.3.2",
diff --git a/server/zanata-frontend/src/yarn.lock b/server/zanata-frontend/src/yarn.lock
index 9192e44b26..ebdd19b6cf 100644
--- a/server/zanata-frontend/src/yarn.lock
+++ b/server/zanata-frontend/src/yarn.lock
@@ -10429,9 +10429,9 @@ typescript@^2.3.4:
   version "2.6.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/typescript/-/typescript-2.6.2.tgz#3c5b6fd7f6de0914269027f03c0946758f7673a4"
 
-typescript@^2.7.1:
-  version "2.7.1"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/typescript/-/typescript-2.7.1.tgz#bb3682c2c791ac90e7c6210b26478a8da085c359"
+typescript@^2.8.1:
+  version "2.8.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/typescript/-/typescript-2.8.1.tgz#6160e4f8f195d5ba81d4876f9c0cc1fbc0820624"
 
 ua-parser-js@^0.7.9:
   version "0.7.17"