diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index e4cb5f81..16b0393b 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@
     "*.md": "markdownlint"
   },
   "standard-version": {
+    "message": "chore(release): new version %s",
     "scripts": {
       "postchangelog": "prepend CHANGELOG.md \"<!-- markdownlint-disable -->\n\""
     }
diff --git a/test/init.test.js b/test/init.test.js
index 054e1885..87e4dc8b 100644
--- a/test/init.test.js
+++ b/test/init.test.js
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ suite('init', () => {
     })
 
     assert.deepStrictEqual(pkg['standard-version'], {
+      message: 'chore(release): new version %s',
       scripts: {
         postchangelog: 'prepend CHANGELOG.md "<!-- markdownlint-disable -->\n"',
       },