diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index aaeb9aa743..d9f5ea83c8 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@
   "author": "OpenTelemetry Authors",
   "license": "Apache-2.0",
   "devDependencies": {
-    "@commitlint/cli": "11.0.0",
-    "@commitlint/config-conventional": "11.0.0",
+    "@commitlint/cli": "13.1.0",
+    "@commitlint/config-conventional": "13.1.0",
     "@typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin": "4.28.4",
     "@typescript-eslint/parser": "4.28.4",
     "eslint": "7.31.0",