diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 768ed1a5eb..c0023151a7 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -45,8 +45,8 @@
   "author": "OpenTelemetry Authors",
   "license": "Apache-2.0",
   "devDependencies": {
-    "@commitlint/cli": "11.0.0",
-    "@commitlint/config-conventional": "11.0.0",
+    "@commitlint/cli": "12.0.1",
+    "@commitlint/config-conventional": "12.0.1",
     "@typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin": "4.20.0",
     "@typescript-eslint/parser": "4.20.0",
     "beautify-benchmark": "0.2.4",