diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index ead922855a..eadc9fa1e0 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -764,6 +764,13 @@ jobs:
           # minimum dependency on NodeJS v12 and Yarn 1.19.1, but the framework repository uses
           # older versions.
           command: yarn --ignore-engines --cwd ${MATERIAL_REPO_TMP_DIR} install --frozen-lockfile --non-interactive
+      - run:
+          # Install TypeScript 3.7
+          name: Installing TypeScript 3.7 on Material dependencies.
+          # TODO: remove this once the repo has been updated to use TypeScript 3.7.
+          # While built Angular packages support both TS 3.6 and 3.7, @angular/bazel itself only
+          # supports TS 3.7 because TSickle 0.38.0 only supports TS 3.7.
+          command: yarn --ignore-engines --cwd ${MATERIAL_REPO_TMP_DIR} add typescript@3.7.4
       - save_cache:
           key: *material_unit_tests_cache_key
           paths: