diff --git a/src/package.json b/src/package.json
index 33d1b14..9c7f620 100644
--- a/src/package.json
+++ b/src/package.json
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
     "@bitjson/npm-scripts-info": "^1.0.0",
     "nyc": "^14.1.1",
     "prettier": "^1.18.2",
-    "standard-version": "^6.0.1",
+    "standard-version": "^8.0.1",
     "trash-cli": "^3.0.0",
     "tslint": "^5.18.0",
     "tslint-config-prettier": "^1.18.0",