diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index d2b63bf..2d954f9 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -42,8 +42,8 @@
   },
   "homepage": "https://github.com/basics/code-snippet-to-svg#readme",
   "devDependencies": {
-    "@commitlint/cli": "^7.0.0",
-    "@commitlint/config-conventional": "^7.0.1",
+    "@commitlint/cli": "^8.1.0",
+    "@commitlint/config-conventional": "^8.1.0",
     "babel-cli": "^6.26.0",
     "babel-eslint": "^10.0.0",
     "babel-plugin-add-module-exports": "^1.0.0",