diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 64c1183b2f7c3530948f7f35e816a6fb1de36055..8485cb91e895efc5d7a7298b134c151465f79b6d 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
   "devDependencies": {
     "@egis/semantic-dependents-updates-github": "^1.0.9",
     "freeform-semantic-commit-analyzer": "^1.1.0",
-    "semantic-release": "^4.3.5"
+    "semantic-release": "^6.3.6"
   },
   "release": {
     "analyzeCommits": "./node_modules/freeform-semantic-commit-analyzer/dist/index.js"