title: Angular new project creation through ng new command is creating package.json with old versions
body: <p>I am trying to create a new Angular project through ng new command</p>
  
  <pre><code>ng new &lt;angularProjectName&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>On navigating inside the newly created project and checking the package.json file, and it has older versions in dependecies and dev dependencies</p>
  
  <p>I tried to uninstall angular-cli and install latest @angular/cli through this
  <a href="https://github.com/angular/angular-cli" rel="noreferrer">https://github.com/angular/angular-cli</a></p>
  
  <p>I checked for the outdated npm packages - using <code>npm outdated</code>
  and got the list </p>
  
  <pre><code>Package                            Current  Wanted  Latest  Location
  @angular/common                     2.4.10  2.4.10   5.1.2  ang2
  @angular/compiler                   2.4.10  2.4.10   5.1.2  ang2
  @angular/compiler-cli               2.4.10  2.4.10   5.1.2  ang2
  @angular/core                       2.4.10  2.4.10   5.1.2  ang2
  @angular/forms                      2.4.10  2.4.10   5.1.2  ang2
  @angular/http                       2.4.10  2.4.10   5.1.2  ang2
  @angular/platform-browser           2.4.10  2.4.10   5.1.2  ang2
  @angular/platform-browser-dynamic   2.4.10  2.4.10   5.1.2  ang2
  @angular/router                     3.4.10  3.4.10   5.1.2  ang2
  @types/jasmine                      2.5.38  2.5.38   2.8.3  ang2
  @types/node                         6.0.95  6.0.95   8.5.5  ang2
  codelyzer                            2.0.1   2.0.1   4.0.2  ang2
  jasmine-core                         2.5.2   2.5.2   2.8.0  ang2
  jasmine-spec-reporter                2.5.0   2.5.0   4.2.1  ang2
  karma                                1.2.0   1.2.0   2.0.0  ang2
  karma-remap-istanbul                 0.2.2   0.2.2   0.6.0  ang2
  protractor                          4.0.14  4.0.14   5.2.2  ang2
  ts-node                              1.2.1   1.2.1   4.1.0  ang2
  tslint                               4.5.1   4.5.1   5.8.0  ang2
  typescript                          2.0.10  2.0.10   2.6.2  ang2
  zone.js                              0.7.8   0.7.8  0.8.19  ang2
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I also tried to update the package.json through </p>
  
  <pre><code>npm update
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>But no success here also. 
  I am not sure what I am missing here, my requirement is pretty simple
  When i create a new angular project through <b>ng new</b> command, I want package.json to have the latest angular versions 
  and 
  How can I update an already existing project's package.json version to reflect the latest version of angular</p>
  
  <p>I tried both uninstalling and reinstalling @latest of @anguarl/cli
  and npm update but of no use.</p>