diff --git a/extensions/typescript/npm-shrinkwrap.json b/extensions/typescript/npm-shrinkwrap.json
index f7c3986147f..5ffe780512c 100644
--- a/extensions/typescript/npm-shrinkwrap.json
+++ b/extensions/typescript/npm-shrinkwrap.json
@@ -18,9 +18,9 @@
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/semver/-/semver-4.3.6.tgz"
     },
     "typescript": {
-      "version": "2.0.10",
-      "from": "typescript@2.0.10",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/typescript/-/typescript-2.0.10.tgz"
+      "version": "2.1.3-insiders.20161130",
+      "from": "typescript@2.1.3-insiders.20161130",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/typescript/-/typescript-2.1.3-insiders.20161130.tgz"
     },
     "vscode-extension-telemetry": {
       "version": "0.0.5",
diff --git a/extensions/typescript/package.json b/extensions/typescript/package.json
index f437b8c8081..2368cd8b4e8 100644
--- a/extensions/typescript/package.json
+++ b/extensions/typescript/package.json
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 		"semver": "4.3.6",
 		"vscode-extension-telemetry": "^0.0.5",
 		"vscode-nls": "^2.0.1",
-		"typescript": "2.0.10"
+		"typescript": "2.1.3-insiders.20161130"
 	},
 	"scripts": {
 		"postinstall": "node ./bin/postinstall",
diff --git a/extensions/typescript/src/typings/ref.d.ts b/extensions/typescript/src/typings/ref.d.ts
index 95498a3fb9c..6062516d44b 100644
--- a/extensions/typescript/src/typings/ref.d.ts
+++ b/extensions/typescript/src/typings/ref.d.ts
@@ -7,4 +7,3 @@
 /// <reference path='../../../../src/typings/mocha.d.ts'/>
 /// <reference path='../../../../extensions/declares.d.ts'/>
 /// <reference path='../../../../extensions/node.d.ts'/>
-/// <reference path='../../../../extensions/lib.core.d.ts'/>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/extensions/typescript/tsconfig.json b/extensions/typescript/tsconfig.json
index f2e6dc1a6f5..85ebcc72519 100644
--- a/extensions/typescript/tsconfig.json
+++ b/extensions/typescript/tsconfig.json
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
 {
 	"compilerOptions": {
-		"noLib": true,
 		"target": "es5",
 		"module": "commonjs",
+		"lib": [
+			"es5",
+			"es2015.promise"
+		],
 		"outDir": "./out"
 	},
 	"exclude": [