diff --git a/composer.lock b/composer.lock
index 9ed6128219..4c5ad97215 100644
--- a/composer.lock
+++ b/composer.lock
@@ -2479,31 +2479,32 @@
         },
         {
             "name": "twig/twig",
-            "version": "v1.35.4",
+            "version": "v2.6.2",
             "source": {
                 "type": "git",
                 "url": "https://github.com/twigphp/Twig.git",
-                "reference": "7e081e98378a1e78c29cc9eba4aefa5d78a05d2a"
+                "reference": "7d7342c8a4059fefb9b8d07db0cc14007021f9b7"
             },
             "dist": {
                 "type": "zip",
-                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/twigphp/Twig/zipball/7e081e98378a1e78c29cc9eba4aefa5d78a05d2a",
-                "reference": "7e081e98378a1e78c29cc9eba4aefa5d78a05d2a",
+                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/twigphp/Twig/zipball/7d7342c8a4059fefb9b8d07db0cc14007021f9b7",
+                "reference": "7d7342c8a4059fefb9b8d07db0cc14007021f9b7",
                 "shasum": ""
             },
             "require": {
-                "php": ">=5.3.3",
-                "symfony/polyfill-ctype": "^1.8"
+                "php": "^7.0",
+                "symfony/polyfill-ctype": "^1.8",
+                "symfony/polyfill-mbstring": "^1.3"
             },
             "require-dev": {
                 "psr/container": "^1.0",
                 "symfony/debug": "^2.7",
-                "symfony/phpunit-bridge": "^3.3"
+                "symfony/phpunit-bridge": "^3.4.19|^4.1.8"
             },
             "type": "library",
             "extra": {
                 "branch-alias": {
-                    "dev-master": "1.35-dev"
+                    "dev-master": "2.6-dev"
                 }
             },
             "autoload": {
@@ -2541,7 +2542,7 @@
             "keywords": [
                 "templating"
             ],
-            "time": "2018-07-13T07:12:17+00:00"
+            "time": "2019-01-14T15:00:48+00:00"
         },
         {
             "name": "typo3/phar-stream-wrapper",
diff --git a/core/composer.json b/core/composer.json
index 7964dee573..0daa4f5539 100644
--- a/core/composer.json
+++ b/core/composer.json
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
         "symfony/polyfill-iconv": "^1.0",
         "symfony/yaml": "~3.4.5",
         "typo3/phar-stream-wrapper": "^2.0.1",
-        "twig/twig": "^1.35.0",
+        "twig/twig": "^1.35.0|^2.4.0",
         "doctrine/common": "^2.5",
         "doctrine/annotations": "^1.2",
         "guzzlehttp/guzzle": "^6.2.1",
diff --git a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Template/TwigEnvironment.php b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Template/TwigEnvironment.php
index 59f2005490..426234459b 100644
--- a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Template/TwigEnvironment.php
+++ b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Template/TwigEnvironment.php
@@ -36,6 +36,11 @@ class TwigEnvironment extends \Twig_Environment {
    */
   protected $templateClasses;
 
+  /**
+   * The template cache filename prefix.
+   *
+   * @var string
+   */
   protected $twigCachePrefix = '';
 
   /**
@@ -55,7 +60,7 @@ class TwigEnvironment extends \Twig_Environment {
    * @param array $options
    *   The options for the Twig environment.
    */
-  public function __construct($root, CacheBackendInterface $cache, $twig_extension_hash, StateInterface $state, \Twig_LoaderInterface $loader = NULL, $options = []) {
+  public function __construct($root, CacheBackendInterface $cache, $twig_extension_hash, StateInterface $state, \Twig_LoaderInterface $loader = NULL, array $options = []) {
     $this->state = $state;
 
     // Ensure that twig.engine is loaded, given that it is needed to render a
@@ -73,11 +78,6 @@ public function __construct($root, CacheBackendInterface $cache, $twig_extension
     ];
     // Ensure autoescaping is always on.
     $options['autoescape'] = 'html';
-
-    $policy = new TwigSandboxPolicy();
-    $sandbox = new \Twig_Extension_Sandbox($policy, TRUE);
-    $this->addExtension($sandbox);
-
     if ($options['cache'] === TRUE) {
       $current = $state->get(static::CACHE_PREFIX_METADATA_KEY, ['twig_extension_hash' => '']);
       if ($current['twig_extension_hash'] !== $twig_extension_hash || empty($current['twig_cache_prefix'])) {
@@ -94,8 +94,11 @@ public function __construct($root, CacheBackendInterface $cache, $twig_extension
       $options['cache'] = new TwigPhpStorageCache($cache, $this->twigCachePrefix);
     }
 
-    $this->loader = $loader;
-    parent::__construct($this->loader, $options);
+    $this->setLoader($loader);
+    parent::__construct($this->getLoader(), $options);
+    $policy = new TwigSandboxPolicy();
+    $sandbox = new \Twig_Extension_Sandbox($policy, TRUE);
+    $this->addExtension($sandbox);
   }
 
   /**
@@ -106,7 +109,6 @@ public function __construct($root, CacheBackendInterface $cache, $twig_extension
   public function invalidate() {
     PhpStorageFactory::get('twig')->deleteAll();
     $this->templateClasses = [];
-    $this->loadedTemplates = [];
     $this->state->delete(static::CACHE_PREFIX_METADATA_KEY);
   }
 
@@ -138,7 +140,7 @@ public function getTemplateClass($name, $index = NULL) {
     // node.html.twig for the output of each node and the same compiled class.
     $cache_index = $name . (NULL === $index ? '' : '_' . $index);
     if (!isset($this->templateClasses[$cache_index])) {
-      $this->templateClasses[$cache_index] = $this->templateClassPrefix . hash('sha256', $this->loader->getCacheKey($name)) . (NULL === $index ? '' : '_' . $index);
+      $this->templateClasses[$cache_index] = parent::getTemplateClass($name, $index);
     }
     return $this->templateClasses[$cache_index];
   }
@@ -168,7 +170,7 @@ public function getTemplateClass($name, $index = NULL) {
   public function renderInline($template_string, array $context = []) {
     // Prefix all inline templates with a special comment.
     $template_string = '{# inline_template_start #}' . $template_string;
-    return Markup::create($this->loadTemplate($template_string, NULL)->render($context));
+    return Markup::create($this->createTemplate($template_string)->render($context));
   }
 
 }
diff --git a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Template/TwigTransTokenParser.php b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Template/TwigTransTokenParser.php
index 96f55607f3..a7c0c785d2 100644
--- a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Template/TwigTransTokenParser.php
+++ b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Template/TwigTransTokenParser.php
@@ -54,15 +54,21 @@ public function parse(\Twig_Token $token) {
 
   /**
    * Detect a 'plural' switch or the end of a 'trans' tag.
+   *
+   * @param \Twig_Token $token
+   *   The token to check to detect the start of subparsing.
    */
-  public function decideForFork($token) {
+  public function decideForFork(\Twig_Token $token) {
     return $token->test(['plural', 'endtrans']);
   }
 
   /**
    * Detect the end of a 'trans' tag.
+   *
+   * @param \Twig_Token $token
+   *   The token to check to detect the end of a 'trans' tag.
    */
-  public function decideForEnd($token) {
+  public function decideForEnd(\Twig_Token $token) {
     return $token->test('endtrans');
   }
 
diff --git a/core/modules/system/tests/modules/twig_loader_test/src/Loader/TestLoader.php b/core/modules/system/tests/modules/twig_loader_test/src/Loader/TestLoader.php
index 7937daa14d..bd23809e26 100644
--- a/core/modules/system/tests/modules/twig_loader_test/src/Loader/TestLoader.php
+++ b/core/modules/system/tests/modules/twig_loader_test/src/Loader/TestLoader.php
@@ -2,10 +2,21 @@
 
 namespace Drupal\twig_loader_test\Loader;
 
+use Twig\Source;
+
 /**
  * A test Twig loader.
  */
-class TestLoader implements \Twig_LoaderInterface, \Twig_ExistsLoaderInterface {
+class TestLoader implements \Twig_LoaderInterface, \Twig_ExistsLoaderInterface, \Twig_SourceContextLoaderInterface {
+
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
+  public function getSourceContext($name) {
+    $name = (string) $name;
+    $value = $this->getSource($name);
+    return new Source($value, $name);
+  }
 
   /**
    * {@inheritdoc}
diff --git a/core/tests/Drupal/KernelTests/Core/Theme/TwigEnvironmentTest.php b/core/tests/Drupal/KernelTests/Core/Theme/TwigEnvironmentTest.php
index 1aaf40c4e0..0b0273fe02 100644
--- a/core/tests/Drupal/KernelTests/Core/Theme/TwigEnvironmentTest.php
+++ b/core/tests/Drupal/KernelTests/Core/Theme/TwigEnvironmentTest.php
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ public function testTemplateInvalidation() {
     // Manually change $templateClassPrefix to force a different template
     // classname, as the other class is still loaded. This wouldn't be a problem
     // on a real site where you reload the page.
-    $reflection = new \ReflectionClass($environment);
+    $reflection = new \ReflectionClass('\Twig_Environment');
     $property_reflection = $reflection->getProperty('templateClassPrefix');
     $property_reflection->setAccessible(TRUE);
     $property_reflection->setValue($environment, 'otherPrefix');
diff --git a/core/tests/Drupal/Tests/Core/Template/TwigExtensionTest.php b/core/tests/Drupal/Tests/Core/Template/TwigExtensionTest.php
index 6cfb562d25..f255e4c907 100644
--- a/core/tests/Drupal/Tests/Core/Template/TwigExtensionTest.php
+++ b/core/tests/Drupal/Tests/Core/Template/TwigExtensionTest.php
@@ -331,7 +331,8 @@ public function testRenderVarWithGeneratedLink() {
    * @covers ::createAttribute
    */
   public function testCreateAttribute() {
-    $loader = new StringLoader();
+    $name = '__string_template_test_1__';
+    $loader = new \Twig_Loader_Array([$name => "{% for iteration in iterations %}<div{{ create_attribute(iteration) }}></div>{% endfor %}"]);
     $twig = new \Twig_Environment($loader);
     $twig->addExtension($this->systemUnderTest);
 
@@ -340,12 +341,15 @@ public function testCreateAttribute() {
       ['id' => 'puppies', 'data-value' => 'foo', 'data-lang' => 'en'],
       [],
     ];
-    $result = $twig->render("{% for iteration in iterations %}<div{{ create_attribute(iteration) }}></div>{% endfor %}", ['iterations' => $iterations]);
+    $result = $twig->render($name, ['iterations' => $iterations]);
     $expected = '<div class="kittens" data-toggle="modal" data-lang="es"></div><div id="puppies" data-value="foo" data-lang="en"></div><div></div>';
     $this->assertEquals($expected, $result);
 
     // Test default creation of empty attribute object and using its method.
-    $result = $twig->render("<div{{ create_attribute().addClass('meow') }}></div>");
+    $name = '__string_template_test_2__';
+    $loader = new \Twig_Loader_Array([$name => "<div{{ create_attribute().addClass('meow') }}></div>"]);
+    $twig->setLoader($loader);
+    $result = $twig->render($name);
     $expected = '<div class="meow"></div>';
     $this->assertEquals($expected, $result);
   }