diff --git a/ponyracer/package.json b/ponyracer/package.json
index fe278558c..18b9be3f2 100644
--- a/ponyracer/package.json
+++ b/ponyracer/package.json
@@ -12,23 +12,23 @@
   },
   "private": true,
   "dependencies": {
-    "@angular/animations": "^5.1.0",
-    "@angular/common": "^5.1.0",
-    "@angular/compiler": "^5.1.0",
-    "@angular/core": "^5.1.0",
-    "@angular/forms": "^5.1.0",
-    "@angular/http": "^5.1.0",
-    "@angular/platform-browser": "^5.1.0",
-    "@angular/platform-browser-dynamic": "^5.1.0",
-    "@angular/router": "^5.1.0",
+    "@angular/animations": "^5.2.0",
+    "@angular/common": "^5.2.0",
+    "@angular/compiler": "^5.2.0",
+    "@angular/core": "^5.2.0",
+    "@angular/forms": "^5.2.0",
+    "@angular/http": "^5.2.0",
+    "@angular/platform-browser": "^5.2.0",
+    "@angular/platform-browser-dynamic": "^5.2.0",
+    "@angular/router": "^5.2.0",
     "core-js": "^2.4.1",
     "rxjs": "^5.5.6",
     "zone.js": "^0.8.19"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "@angular/cli": "1.6.4",
-    "@angular/compiler-cli": "^5.1.0",
-    "@angular/language-service": "^5.1.0",
+    "@angular/cli": "1.6.5",
+    "@angular/compiler-cli": "^5.2.0",
+    "@angular/language-service": "^5.2.0",
     "@types/jasmine": "~2.8.3",
     "@types/jasminewd2": "~2.0.2",
     "@types/node": "~6.0.60",
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
     "karma-jasmine": "~1.1.0",
     "karma-jasmine-html-reporter": "^0.2.2",
     "protractor": "~5.1.2",
-    "ts-node": "~3.2.0",
+    "ts-node": "~4.1.0",
     "tslint": "~5.9.1",
     "typescript": "~2.5.3"
   }
diff --git a/ponyracer/src/tsconfig.spec.json b/ponyracer/src/tsconfig.spec.json
index 63d89ff28..ac22a298a 100644
--- a/ponyracer/src/tsconfig.spec.json
+++ b/ponyracer/src/tsconfig.spec.json
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
     "outDir": "../out-tsc/spec",
     "baseUrl": "./",
     "module": "commonjs",
-    "target": "es5",
     "types": [
       "jasmine",
       "node"
diff --git a/ponyracer/tslint.json b/ponyracer/tslint.json
index a2e30eff2..9963d6c39 100644
--- a/ponyracer/tslint.json
+++ b/ponyracer/tslint.json
@@ -107,7 +107,6 @@
         "variable-declaration": "nospace"
       }
     ],
-    "typeof-compare": true,
     "unified-signatures": true,
     "variable-name": false,
     "whitespace": [