diff --git a/packages/@angular/cli/package.json b/packages/@angular/cli/package.json
index e9c38c0998f2..d21461ac2ab6 100644
--- a/packages/@angular/cli/package.json
+++ b/packages/@angular/cli/package.json
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
     "@ngtools/webpack": "1.8.0-rc.3",
     "@schematics/angular": "~0.0.48",
     "autoprefixer": "^6.5.3",
-    "chalk": "^2.0.1",
+    "chalk": "~2.2.0",
     "circular-dependency-plugin": "^3.0.0",
     "common-tags": "^1.3.1",
     "copy-webpack-plugin": "^4.1.1",