diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index eccef9a2d0..4efe8c7425 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
     "rewire": "2.5.1",
     "rimraf": "2.5.2",
     "semantic-release": "4.3.5",
-    "validate-commit-msg": "2.3.1"
+    "validate-commit-msg": "2.4.0"
   },
   "peerDependencies": {
     "eslint": ">=0.8.0"