diff --git a/aio/tools/examples/shared/boilerplate/cli/src/test.ts b/aio/tools/examples/shared/boilerplate/cli/src/test.ts
index 16317897b1..50193eb0f2 100644
--- a/aio/tools/examples/shared/boilerplate/cli/src/test.ts
+++ b/aio/tools/examples/shared/boilerplate/cli/src/test.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,12 @@ import {
   platformBrowserDynamicTesting
 } from '@angular/platform-browser-dynamic/testing';
 
-declare const require: any;
+declare const require: {
+  context(path: string, deep?: boolean, filter?: RegExp): {
+    keys(): string[];
+    <T>(id: string): T;
+  };
+};
 
 // First, initialize the Angular testing environment.
 getTestBed().initTestEnvironment(