diff --git a/react-slideshow/tsconfig.json b/react-slideshow/tsconfig.json
index f2850b7..2254446 100644
--- a/react-slideshow/tsconfig.json
+++ b/react-slideshow/tsconfig.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "compilerOptions": {
-    "target": "es5",
+    "target": "es6",
     "lib": [
       "dom",
       "dom.iterable",