diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index e6eff3d0..8e180b77 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
     "jsdoc-to-markdown": "^4.0.0",
     "mkdirp": "^0.5.1",
     "mocha": "^5.0.0",
-    "semantic-release": "^15.5.1",
+    "semantic-release": "^17.0.8",
     "simple-git": "^1.45.0",
     "sinon": "6.0.1",
     "sinon-chai": "^3.2.0",