diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index dee8924c..3528bee3 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
     "istanbul": "^0.4.1",
     "jest": "^27.0.0",
     "nconf-yaml": "^1.0.2",
-    "release-it": "^16.2.1"
+    "release-it": "^18.0.0"
   },
   "main": "./lib/nconf",
   "scripts": {