diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 9726637..8741fe7 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -37,9 +37,9 @@
     "build:es6": "rimraf ./es6 && cross-env babel ./src -d es6",
     "clean": "rimraf ./build ./bundle ./cjs ./es6",
     "test": "npm run lint && node --harmony-async-await test/plugin-test.js",
-    "release": "./node_modules/release-it/bin/release.js --src.tagName='v%s' --github.release --npm.publish --non-interactive",
-    "release-minor": "./node_modules/release-it/bin/release.js minor --src.tagName='v%s' --github.release --npm.publish --non-interactive",
-    "release-major": "./node_modules/release-it/bin/release.js major --src.tagName='v%s' --github.release --npm.publish --non-interactive",
+    "release": "./node_modules/release-it/bin/release-it.js --src.tagName='v%s' --github.release --npm.publish --non-interactive",
+    "release-minor": "./node_modules/release-it/bin/release-it.js minor --src.tagName='v%s' --github.release --npm.publish --non-interactive",
+    "release-major": "./node_modules/release-it/bin/release-it.js major --src.tagName='v%s' --github.release --npm.publish --non-interactive",
     "postinstall": "npm run build"
   },
   "dependencies": {
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@
     "eslint": "^4.1.0",
     "eslint-config-ascribe": "^3.0.1",
     "eslint-plugin-import": "^2.3.0",
-    "release-it": "^4.4.1",
+    "release-it": "^5.1.2",
     "rimraf": "^2.5.4",
     "webpack": "^3.0.0",
     "webpack-combine-loaders": "^2.0.0"