diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index ebf559f60..7ff8fdf8b 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
   "dependencies": {},
   "devDependencies": {
     "colors": "^0.6.2",
-    "commitplease": "1.7.0",
+    "commitplease": "1.9.0",
     "grunt": "0.4.2",
     "grunt-bowercopy": "0.7.1",
     "grunt-cli": "0.1.13",