diff --git a/src/services/jsTyping.ts b/src/services/jsTyping.ts
index 3900a290bce..bd6c2e5cb9f 100644
--- a/src/services/jsTyping.ts
+++ b/src/services/jsTyping.ts
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ namespace ts.JsTyping {
 
     /* @internal */
     export function isTypingUpToDate(cachedTyping: JsTyping.CachedTyping, availableTypingVersions: MapLike<string>) {
-        const availableVersion = Semver.parse(getProperty(availableTypingVersions, `ts${ts.versionMajorMinor}`));
+        const availableVersion = Semver.parse(getProperty(availableTypingVersions, `ts${ts.versionMajorMinor}`) || getProperty(availableTypingVersions, "latest"));
         return !availableVersion.greaterThan(cachedTyping.version);
     }