diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 0e8af41..18d7505 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
   "homepage": "https://github.com/HospitalRun/hospitalrun-core#readme",
   "devDependencies": {
     "@commitlint/cli": "~16.1.0",
-    "@commitlint/config-conventional": "~16.0.0",
+    "@commitlint/config-conventional": "~17.4.0",
     "@commitlint/prompt": "~16.1.0",
     "@semantic-release/changelog": "~6.0.0",
     "@semantic-release/commit-analyzer": "~9.0.1",