diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 921e805..26f7579 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
     "npm-run-all": "^4.1.2",
     "nyc": "^11.4.1",
     "proxyquire": "^2.0.0",
-    "semantic-release": "^15.4.1",
+    "semantic-release": "^16.0.1",
     "sinon": "^5.0.7",
     "sinon-chai": "^3.0.0"
   },