diff --git a/packages/@vue/cli-plugin-typescript/__tests__/tsGenerator.spec.js b/packages/@vue/cli-plugin-typescript/__tests__/tsGenerator.spec.js
index d4f45ca6b0..7b4e3b96dd 100644
--- a/packages/@vue/cli-plugin-typescript/__tests__/tsGenerator.spec.js
+++ b/packages/@vue/cli-plugin-typescript/__tests__/tsGenerator.spec.js
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ test('use with Babel', async () => {
   ])
 
   expect(pkg.babel).toEqual({ presets: ['@vue/app'] })
-  expect(files['tsconfig.json']).toMatch(`"target": "es2015"`)
+  expect(files['tsconfig.json']).toMatch(`"target": "esnext"`)
 })
 
 test('lint', async () => {