diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 10dde76fe..bf5315612 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -334,7 +334,7 @@
     "supertest": "^1.0.1",
     "supertest-as-promised": "^2.0.2",
     "timer-shim": "^0.3.0",
-    "validate-commit-msg": "^1.0.0",
+    "validate-commit-msg": "^1.1.1",
     "which": "^1.1.1"
   },
   "main": "./lib/index",