diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index f3cf30e..2d65d99 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@
     "rxjs": "^5.0.1",
     "sinon": "^2.0.0",
     "sinon-chai": "^2.8.0",
-    "standard-version": "^4.0.0",
+    "standard-version": "^8.0.1",
     "ts-node": "^3.0.0",
     "tslint": "^4.0.2",
     "tslint-loader": "^3.3.0",