diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index d594aca..6020475 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
     "mocha": "*",
     "semantic-release": "^6.3.2",
     "should": "^11.1.1",
-    "validate-commit-msg": "^2.6.1",
+    "validate-commit-msg": "^2.13.1",
     "vinyl-buffer": "^1.0.0",
     "vinyl-source-stream": "^1.1.0"
   },