diff --git a/modules/angular2/src/facade/lang.ts b/modules/angular2/src/facade/lang.ts
index 6166d537b2..a026d0fd26 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/src/facade/lang.ts
+++ b/modules/angular2/src/facade/lang.ts
@@ -451,7 +451,7 @@ declare var Symbol;
 var _symbolIterator = null;
 export function getSymbolIterator(): string | symbol {
   if (isBlank(_symbolIterator)) {
-    if (isPresent(Symbol) && isPresent(Symbol.iterator)) {
+    if (isPresent((<any>globalScope).Symbol) && isPresent(Symbol.iterator)) {
       _symbolIterator = Symbol.iterator;
     } else {
       // es6-shim specific logic
diff --git a/modules/angular2/src/http/backends/jsonp_backend.ts b/modules/angular2/src/http/backends/jsonp_backend.ts
index ddbe69eba2..008d662d47 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/src/http/backends/jsonp_backend.ts
+++ b/modules/angular2/src/http/backends/jsonp_backend.ts
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ export class JSONPConnection_ extends JSONPConnection {
       throw makeTypeError(JSONP_ERR_WRONG_METHOD);
     }
     this.request = req;
-    this.response = new Observable((responseObserver: Observer<Response>) => {
+    this.response = new Observable<Response>((responseObserver: Observer<Response>) => {
 
       this.readyState = ReadyState.Loading;
       let id = this._id = _dom.nextRequestID();
diff --git a/modules/angular2/src/http/backends/mock_backend.ts b/modules/angular2/src/http/backends/mock_backend.ts
index 91021359b2..14fbd9d419 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/src/http/backends/mock_backend.ts
+++ b/modules/angular2/src/http/backends/mock_backend.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import {Connection, ConnectionBackend} from '../interfaces';
 import {isPresent} from 'angular2/src/facade/lang';
 import {BaseException, WrappedException} from 'angular2/src/facade/exceptions';
 import {Subject} from 'rxjs/Subject';
-import {ReplaySubject} from 'rxjs/subject/ReplaySubject';
+import {ReplaySubject} from 'rxjs/ReplaySubject';
 import {take} from 'rxjs/operator/take';
 
 /**
diff --git a/modules/angular2/src/http/backends/xhr_backend.ts b/modules/angular2/src/http/backends/xhr_backend.ts
index e545abc5d5..e0ae05ed00 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/src/http/backends/xhr_backend.ts
+++ b/modules/angular2/src/http/backends/xhr_backend.ts
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ export class XHRConnection implements Connection {
   readyState: ReadyState;
   constructor(req: Request, browserXHR: BrowserXhr, baseResponseOptions?: ResponseOptions) {
     this.request = req;
-    this.response = new Observable((responseObserver: Observer<Response>) => {
+    this.response = new Observable<Response>((responseObserver: Observer<Response>) => {
       let _xhr: XMLHttpRequest = browserXHR.build();
       _xhr.open(RequestMethod[req.method].toUpperCase(), req.url);
       // load event handler
diff --git a/modules/angular2/test/http/backends/mock_backend_spec.ts b/modules/angular2/test/http/backends/mock_backend_spec.ts
index 60e88f8f34..7b7e99cf96 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/test/http/backends/mock_backend_spec.ts
+++ b/modules/angular2/test/http/backends/mock_backend_spec.ts
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import {Map} from 'angular2/src/facade/collection';
 import {RequestOptions, BaseRequestOptions} from 'angular2/src/http/base_request_options';
 import {BaseResponseOptions, ResponseOptions} from 'angular2/src/http/base_response_options';
 import {ResponseType} from 'angular2/src/http/enums';
-import {ReplaySubject} from 'rxjs/subject/ReplaySubject';
+import {ReplaySubject} from 'rxjs/ReplaySubject';
 
 export function main() {
   describe('MockBackend', () => {
diff --git a/npm-shrinkwrap.clean.json b/npm-shrinkwrap.clean.json
index 741ac10f1d..31b5385226 100644
--- a/npm-shrinkwrap.clean.json
+++ b/npm-shrinkwrap.clean.json
@@ -4602,12 +4602,7 @@
       }
     },
     "rc": {
-      "version": "1.1.6",
-      "dependencies": {
-        "minimist": {
-          "version": "1.2.0"
-        }
-      }
+      "version": "1.1.6"
     },
     "rcfinder": {
       "version": "0.1.8",
@@ -4807,7 +4802,7 @@
       "version": "1.1.5"
     },
     "rxjs": {
-      "version": "5.0.0-beta.2"
+      "version": "5.0.0-beta.6"
     },
     "sass-graph": {
       "version": "2.0.1",
@@ -4870,12 +4865,7 @@
       "version": "5.1.0"
     },
     "semver-diff": {
-      "version": "2.1.0",
-      "dependencies": {
-        "semver": {
-          "version": "5.1.0"
-        }
-      }
+      "version": "2.1.0"
     },
     "semver-utils": {
       "version": "1.1.1"
diff --git a/npm-shrinkwrap.json b/npm-shrinkwrap.json
index c4ab00d955..5404ff5f4c 100644
--- a/npm-shrinkwrap.json
+++ b/npm-shrinkwrap.json
@@ -7336,14 +7336,7 @@
     "rc": {
       "version": "1.1.6",
       "from": "rc@>=1.0.1 <2.0.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/rc/-/rc-1.1.6.tgz",
-      "dependencies": {
-        "minimist": {
-          "version": "1.2.0",
-          "from": "minimist@>=1.2.0 <2.0.0",
-          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/minimist/-/minimist-1.2.0.tgz"
-        }
-      }
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/rc/-/rc-1.1.6.tgz"
     },
     "rcfinder": {
       "version": "0.1.8",
@@ -7665,9 +7658,9 @@
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/run-sequence/-/run-sequence-1.1.5.tgz"
     },
     "rxjs": {
-      "version": "5.0.0-beta.2",
-      "from": "rxjs@5.0.0-beta.2",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/rxjs/-/rxjs-5.0.0-beta.2.tgz"
+      "version": "5.0.0-beta.6",
+      "from": "rxjs@5.0.0-beta.6",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/rxjs/-/rxjs-5.0.0-beta.6.tgz"
     },
     "sass-graph": {
       "version": "2.0.1",
@@ -7768,14 +7761,7 @@
     "semver-diff": {
       "version": "2.1.0",
       "from": "semver-diff@>=2.0.0 <3.0.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/semver-diff/-/semver-diff-2.1.0.tgz",
-      "dependencies": {
-        "semver": {
-          "version": "5.1.0",
-          "from": "semver@>=5.0.3 <6.0.0",
-          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/semver/-/semver-5.1.0.tgz"
-        }
-      }
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/semver-diff/-/semver-diff-2.1.0.tgz"
     },
     "semver-utils": {
       "version": "1.1.1",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 6cdb9843ae..a928443efd 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "es6-shim": "^0.35.0",
     "reflect-metadata": "0.1.2",
-    "rxjs": "5.0.0-beta.2",
+    "rxjs": "5.0.0-beta.6",
     "zone.js": "^0.6.12"
   },
   "devDependencies": {