diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index c69588c96..d5e785552 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -13589,21 +13589,21 @@
       }
     },
     "typedoc": {
-      "version": "0.15.8",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/typedoc/-/typedoc-0.15.8.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-a0zypcvfIFsS7Gqpf2MkC1+jNND3K1Om38pbDdy/gYWX01NuJZhC5+O0HkIp0oRIZOo7PWrA5+fC24zkANY28Q==",
+      "version": "0.16.9",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/typedoc/-/typedoc-0.16.9.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-UvOGoy76yqwCXwxPgatwgXWfsQ3FczyZ6ZNLjhCPK+TsDir6LiU3YB6N9XZmPv36E+7LA860mnc8a0v6YADKFw==",
       "dev": true,
       "requires": {
         "@types/minimatch": "3.0.3",
         "fs-extra": "^8.1.0",
-        "handlebars": "^4.7.0",
+        "handlebars": "^4.7.2",
         "highlight.js": "^9.17.1",
         "lodash": "^4.17.15",
         "marked": "^0.8.0",
         "minimatch": "^3.0.0",
         "progress": "^2.0.3",
         "shelljs": "^0.8.3",
-        "typedoc-default-themes": "^0.6.3",
+        "typedoc-default-themes": "^0.7.2",
         "typescript": "3.7.x"
       },
       "dependencies": {
@@ -13645,9 +13645,9 @@
       }
     },
     "typedoc-default-themes": {
-      "version": "0.6.3",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/typedoc-default-themes/-/typedoc-default-themes-0.6.3.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-rouf0TcIA4M2nOQFfC7Zp4NEwoYiEX4vX/ZtudJWU9IHA29MPC+PPgSXYLPESkUo7FuB//GxigO3mk9Qe1xp3Q==",
+      "version": "0.7.2",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/typedoc-default-themes/-/typedoc-default-themes-0.7.2.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-fiFKlFO6VTqjcno8w6WpTsbCgXmfPHVjnLfYkmByZE7moaz+E2DSpAT+oHtDHv7E0BM5kAhPrHJELP2J2Y2T9A==",
       "dev": true,
       "requires": {
         "backbone": "^1.4.0",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index f6a2b3f82..8b1d1fe61 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
     "ts-node": "^8.6.2",
     "tslint": "^5.20.1",
     "tslint-ionic-rules": "0.0.21",
-    "typedoc": "^0.15.8",
+    "typedoc": "^0.16.9",
     "typescript": "~3.5.3",
     "uglifyjs-webpack-plugin": "^2.2.0",
     "unminified-webpack-plugin": "^2.0.0",
diff --git a/scripts/docs-json/index.ts b/scripts/docs-json/index.ts
index 8af0fc98a..68c18a8a9 100644
--- a/scripts/docs-json/index.ts
+++ b/scripts/docs-json/index.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 import * as fs from 'fs-extra';
-import { Application } from 'typedoc';
 import { basename, dirname, resolve } from 'path';
+import { Application } from 'typedoc';
 import { runInNewContext } from 'vm';
 
+import TypeDoc = require('typedoc');
+
 interface Plugin {
   packageName: string;
   displayName: string;
@@ -19,9 +21,13 @@ interface Plugin {
 const rootDir = resolve(__dirname, '../..');
 const typedocTmp = resolve(__dirname, 'typedoc.tmp.json');
 const pluginsDir = resolve(rootDir, 'src/@ionic-native/plugins');
-const typedoc = new Application({
+const typedoc = new Application();
+
+typedoc.options.addReader(new TypeDoc.TSConfigReader());
+typedoc.options.addReader(new TypeDoc.TypeDocReader());
+
+typedoc.bootstrap({
   mode: 'modules',
-  tsconfig: resolve(rootDir, 'tsconfig.json'),
   ignoreCompilerErrors: true
 });
 
@@ -46,7 +52,9 @@ async function generateTypedoc(root: string, outputPath = typedocTmp) {
 function processPlugin(pluginModule): Plugin {
   const pluginClass = pluginModule.children.find(isPlugin);
   const decorator = getPluginDecorator(pluginClass);
-  const packageName = `@ionic-native/${basename(dirname(pluginModule.originalName))}`;
+  const packageName = `@ionic-native/${basename(
+    dirname(pluginModule.originalName)
+  )}`;
   const displayName = getTag(pluginClass, 'name');
   const usage = getTag(pluginClass, 'usage');
   const description = getTag(pluginClass, 'description');
@@ -85,17 +93,17 @@ const getTag = (child: any, tagName: string): string => {
   }
 };
 
-const isModule = (child: any): boolean =>
-  child.kind === 1;
+const isModule = (child: any): boolean => child.kind === 1;
 
-const isClass = (child: any): boolean =>
-  child.kind === 128;
+const isClass = (child: any): boolean => child.kind === 128;
 
 const isPlugin = (child: any): boolean =>
-  isClass(child) && hasTags(child) && Array.isArray(child.decorators) && child.decorators.some(d => d.name === 'Plugin');
+  isClass(child) &&
+  hasTags(child) &&
+  Array.isArray(child.decorators) &&
+  child.decorators.some(d => d.name === 'Plugin');
 
-const hasPlugin = (child: any): boolean =>
-  child.children.some(isPlugin);
+const hasPlugin = (child: any): boolean => child.children.some(isPlugin);
 
 const hasTags = (child: any): boolean =>
   child.comment && Array.isArray(child.comment.tags);