diff --git a/lib/plugins/create/templates/aws-nodejs-typescript/tsconfig.json b/lib/plugins/create/templates/aws-nodejs-typescript/tsconfig.json
index cb07c78d8..a29f8767b 100644
--- a/lib/plugins/create/templates/aws-nodejs-typescript/tsconfig.json
+++ b/lib/plugins/create/templates/aws-nodejs-typescript/tsconfig.json
@@ -2,8 +2,7 @@
   "compilerOptions": {
     "sourceMap": true,
     "lib": [
-      "es5",
-      "es2015.promise"
+      "es6"
     ]
   },
   "exclude": [