diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index bd98ec17..380c30c9 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -3894,6 +3894,17 @@
         "q": "^1.5.1"
       }
     },
+    "conventional-changelog-conventionalcommits": {
+      "version": "4.4.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/conventional-changelog-conventionalcommits/-/conventional-changelog-conventionalcommits-4.4.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-ybvx76jTh08tpaYrYn/yd0uJNLt5yMrb1BphDe4WBredMlvPisvMghfpnJb6RmRNcqXeuhR6LfGZGewbkRm9yA==",
+      "dev": true,
+      "requires": {
+        "compare-func": "^2.0.0",
+        "lodash": "^4.17.15",
+        "q": "^1.5.1"
+      }
+    },
     "conventional-changelog-writer": {
       "version": "4.0.17",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/conventional-changelog-writer/-/conventional-changelog-writer-4.0.17.tgz",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 17850277..e3013b89 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@
     "babel-plugin-istanbul": "5.2.0",
     "chai": "4.1.2",
     "codecov.io": "0.1.6",
+    "conventional-changelog-conventionalcommits": "4.4.0",
     "cz-conventional-changelog-default-export": "0.0.0-semantically-released.1",
     "ghooks": "2.0.4",
     "in-publish": "2.0.0",
@@ -102,5 +103,8 @@
   "collective": {
     "type": "opencollective",
     "url": "https://opencollective.com/commitizen"
+  },
+  "release": {
+    "preset": "conventionalcommits"
   }
 }