diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 9b84494ed..0345b01fa 100755
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ var objectAssign = require('object-assign')
 
 module.exports = function standardVersion (argv, done) {
   var pkgPath = path.resolve(process.cwd(), './package.json')
+  var bowerPath = path.resolve(process.cwd(), './bower.json')
   var pkg = require(pkgPath)
   var defaults = require('./defaults')
 
@@ -32,6 +33,15 @@ module.exports = function standardVersion (argv, done) {
       checkpoint(argv, 'bumping version in package.json from %s to %s', [pkg.version, newVersion])
       pkg.version = newVersion
       fs.writeFileSync(pkgPath, JSON.stringify(pkg, null, 2) + '\n', 'utf-8')
+      try {
+        var stat = fs.lstatSync(bowerPath)
+        if (stat.isFile()) {
+          var bower = require(bowerPath)
+          bower.version = newVersion
+          fs.writeFileSync(bowerPath, JSON.stringify(bower, null, 2) + '\n', 'utf-8')
+          argv.bower = true
+        }
+      } catch (e) {}
     } else {
       checkpoint(argv, 'skip version bump on first release', [], chalk.red(figures.cross))
     }
@@ -97,14 +107,19 @@ function commit (argv, newVersion, cb) {
   var msg = 'committing %s'
   var args = [argv.infile]
   var verify = argv.verify === false || argv.n ? '--no-verify ' : ''
+  var bower = ''
   if (!argv.firstRelease) {
     msg += ' and %s'
     args.unshift('package.json')
   }
+  if (argv.bower) {
+    msg += ' and %s'
+    args.unshift('bower.json')
+    bower = ' bower.json'
+  }
   checkpoint(argv, msg, args)
-
-  handledExec(argv, 'git add package.json ' + argv.infile, cb, function () {
-    handledExec(argv, 'git commit ' + verify + (argv.sign ? '-S ' : '') + (argv.commitAll ? '' : ('package.json ' + argv.infile)) + ' -m "' + formatCommitMessage(argv.message, newVersion) + '"', cb, function () {
+  handledExec(argv, 'git add package.json ' + argv.infile + bower, cb, function () {
+    handledExec(argv, 'git commit ' + verify + (argv.sign ? '-S ' : '') + (argv.commitAll ? '' : ('package.json ' + argv.infile + bower)) + ' -m "' + formatCommitMessage(argv.message, newVersion) + '"', cb, function () {
       cb()
     })
   })
diff --git a/test.js b/test.js
index 99d0961d8..e5209f885 100644
--- a/test.js
+++ b/test.js
@@ -28,6 +28,12 @@ function writePackageJson (version, option) {
   fs.writeFileSync('package.json', JSON.stringify(pkg), 'utf-8')
 }
 
+function writeBowerJson (version, option) {
+  option = option || {}
+  var bower = objectAssign(option, { version: version })
+  fs.writeFileSync('bower.json', JSON.stringify(bower), 'utf-8')
+}
+
 function writeGitPreCommitHook () {
   fs.writeFileSync('.git/hooks/pre-commit', '#!/bin/sh\necho "precommit ran"\nexit 1', 'utf-8')
   fs.chmodSync('.git/hooks/pre-commit', '755')
@@ -301,6 +307,24 @@ describe('standard-version', function () {
     })
   })
 
+  describe('with bower.json', function () {
+    beforeEach(function () {
+      writeBowerJson('1.0.0')
+    })
+
+    it('check with bower.json', function (done) {
+      commit('feat: first commit')
+      shell.exec('git tag -a v1.0.0 -m "my awesome first release"')
+      commit('feat: new feature!')
+      require('./index')({silent: true}, function (err) {
+        should.not.exist(err)
+        var bower = fs.readFileSync('bower.json', 'utf-8')
+        bower.should.match(/"version": "1\.2\.0"/)
+        done()
+      })
+    })
+  })
+
   it('formats the commit and tag messages appropriately', function (done) {
     commit('feat: first commit')
     shell.exec('git tag -a v1.0.0 -m "my awesome first release"')