diff --git a/lib/lifecycles/bump.js b/lib/lifecycles/bump.js
index ca6bc117c..bb75af268 100644
--- a/lib/lifecycles/bump.js
+++ b/lib/lifecycles/bump.js
@@ -8,9 +8,13 @@ const runLifecycleScript = require('../run-lifecycle-script')
 const semver = require('semver')
 const writeFile = require('../write-file')
 
-const configsToUpdate = {}
+var configsToUpdate = {}
 
 function Bump (args, pkg) {
+  // reset the cache of updated config files each
+  // time we perform the version bump step.
+  configsToUpdate = {}
+
   if (args.skip.bump) return Promise.resolve()
   var newVersion = pkg.version
   return runLifecycleScript(args, 'prebump', null)
diff --git a/test.js b/test.js
index 5847e1b1e..d5fc9bbbe 100644
--- a/test.js
+++ b/test.js
@@ -690,38 +690,34 @@ describe('standard-version', function () {
   })
 
   describe('skip', () => {
-    describe('skip bump and changelog generation phase', function () {
-      it('do not bump the version', function () {
-        let changelogContent = 'legacy header format<a name="1.0.0">\n'
-        writePackageJson('1.0.0')
-        fs.writeFileSync('CHANGELOG.md', changelogContent, 'utf-8')
+    it('allows bump and changelog generation to be skipped', function () {
+      let changelogContent = 'legacy header format<a name="1.0.0">\n'
+      writePackageJson('1.0.0')
+      fs.writeFileSync('CHANGELOG.md', changelogContent, 'utf-8')
 
-        commit('feat: first commit')
-        return execCliAsync('--skip.bump true --skip.changelog true')
-          .then(function () {
-            getPackageVersion().should.equal('1.0.0')
-            var content = fs.readFileSync('CHANGELOG.md', 'utf-8')
-            content.should.equal(changelogContent)
-          })
-      })
+      commit('feat: first commit')
+      return execCliAsync('--skip.bump true --skip.changelog true')
+        .then(function () {
+          getPackageVersion().should.equal('1.0.0')
+          var content = fs.readFileSync('CHANGELOG.md', 'utf-8')
+          content.should.equal(changelogContent)
+        })
     })
 
-    describe('skip commit phase', function () {
-      it('do not bump the version', function () {
-        let changelogContent = 'legacy header format<a name="1.0.0">\n'
-        writePackageJson('1.0.0')
-        fs.writeFileSync('CHANGELOG.md', changelogContent, 'utf-8')
+    it('allows the commit phase to be skipped', function () {
+      let changelogContent = 'legacy header format<a name="1.0.0">\n'
+      writePackageJson('1.0.0')
+      fs.writeFileSync('CHANGELOG.md', changelogContent, 'utf-8')
 
-        commit('feat: new feature from branch')
-        return execCliAsync('--skip.commit true')
-          .then(function () {
-            getPackageVersion().should.equal('1.1.0')
-            var content = fs.readFileSync('CHANGELOG.md', 'utf-8')
-            content.should.match(/new feature from branch/)
-            // check last commit message
-            shell.exec('git log --oneline -n1').stdout.should.match(/feat: new feature from branch/)
-          })
-      })
+      commit('feat: new feature from branch')
+      return execCliAsync('--skip.commit true')
+        .then(function () {
+          getPackageVersion().should.equal('1.1.0')
+          var content = fs.readFileSync('CHANGELOG.md', 'utf-8')
+          content.should.match(/new feature from branch/)
+          // check last commit message
+          shell.exec('git log --oneline -n1').stdout.should.match(/feat: new feature from branch/)
+        })
     })
   })
 })