diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 0ae22cc72d..349272296f 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -46,8 +46,8 @@
   "author": "OpenTelemetry Authors",
   "license": "Apache-2.0",
   "devDependencies": {
-    "@commitlint/cli": "16.0.1",
-    "@commitlint/config-conventional": "16.0.0",
+    "@commitlint/cli": "17.6.7",
+    "@commitlint/config-conventional": "17.6.7",
     "@typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin": "4.28.1",
     "@typescript-eslint/parser": "4.28.1",
     "beautify-benchmark": "0.2.4",