diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index fdb1bd0df6..bf417cad93 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@
     "source-map": "0.5.7",
     "source-map-support": "0.4.18",
     "systemjs": "0.18.10",
-    "tsickle": "^0.27.2",
+    "tsickle": "^0.29.0",
     "tslint": "5.7.0",
     "tslint-eslint-rules": "4.1.1",
     "tsutils": "2.20.0",
diff --git a/packages/compiler-cli/package.json b/packages/compiler-cli/package.json
index 25f420400f..0ffff8c14d 100644
--- a/packages/compiler-cli/package.json
+++ b/packages/compiler-cli/package.json
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "reflect-metadata": "^0.1.2",
     "minimist": "^1.2.0",
-    "tsickle": "^0.27.2",
+    "tsickle": "^0.29.0",
     "chokidar": "^1.4.2"
   },
   "peerDependencies": {
diff --git a/packages/compiler-cli/test/ngc_spec.ts b/packages/compiler-cli/test/ngc_spec.ts
index 14845f2c07..87eab9ed17 100644
--- a/packages/compiler-cli/test/ngc_spec.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler-cli/test/ngc_spec.ts
@@ -672,7 +672,7 @@ describe('ngc transformer command-line', () => {
         expect(mymoduleSource).toContain('args: [{ declarations: [] },] }');
         expect(mymoduleSource).not.toContain(`__metadata`);
         expect(mymoduleSource).toContain(`import { AClass } from './aclass';`);
-        expect(mymoduleSource).toContain(`{ type: AClass, }`);
+        expect(mymoduleSource).toContain(`{ type: AClass }`);
       });
     });
 
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 5b87332be0..d3b40d550a 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -5886,9 +5886,9 @@ trim-off-newlines@^1.0.0:
   version "1.0.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/trim-off-newlines/-/trim-off-newlines-1.0.1.tgz#9f9ba9d9efa8764c387698bcbfeb2c848f11adb3"
 
-tsickle@^0.27.2:
-  version "0.27.2"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/tsickle/-/tsickle-0.27.2.tgz#f33d46d046f73dd5c155a37922e422816e878736"
+tsickle@^0.29.0:
+  version "0.29.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/tsickle/-/tsickle-0.29.0.tgz#812806554bb46c1aa16eb0fe2a051da95ca8f5a4"
   dependencies:
     minimist "^1.2.0"
     mkdirp "^0.5.1"