diff --git a/modules/@angular/core/test/fake_async_spec.ts b/modules/@angular/core/test/fake_async_spec.ts
index 950add8f50..c7cdcbd86f 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/core/test/fake_async_spec.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/core/test/fake_async_spec.ts
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ export function main() {
             resolvedPromise.then((_) => { throw new Error('async'); });
             flushMicrotasks();
           })();
-        }).toThrowError('Uncaught (in promise): Error: async');
+        }).toThrowError(/Uncaught \(in promise\): Error: async/);
       });
 
       it('should complain if a test throws an exception', () => {
diff --git a/npm-shrinkwrap.clean.json b/npm-shrinkwrap.clean.json
index 0ec5f137f6..dcc73e32fd 100644
--- a/npm-shrinkwrap.clean.json
+++ b/npm-shrinkwrap.clean.json
@@ -4621,7 +4621,7 @@
       }
     },
     "zone.js": {
-      "version": "0.6.25"
+      "version": "0.7.2"
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/npm-shrinkwrap.json b/npm-shrinkwrap.json
index edc3fad5d7..3025a436b4 100644
--- a/npm-shrinkwrap.json
+++ b/npm-shrinkwrap.json
@@ -7377,9 +7377,8 @@
       }
     },
     "zone.js": {
-      "version": "0.6.25",
-      "from": "zone.js@>=0.6.24 <0.7.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/zone.js/-/zone.js-0.6.25.tgz"
+      "version": "0.7.2",
+      "from": "zone.js@0.7.2"
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 3f7b869f79..fd02c32bbf 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
     "core-js": "^2.4.1",
     "reflect-metadata": "^0.1.3",
     "rxjs": "5.0.0-rc.4",
-    "zone.js": "^0.6.25"
+    "zone.js": "^0.7.2"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@types/angularjs": "^1.5.13-alpha",