diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 8d56552..98d8847 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
   },
   "homepage": "https://github.com/punchcard-cms/semantic-release#readme",
   "dependencies": {
-    "dateformat": "^1.0.12",
+    "dateformat": "^2.0.0",
     "github-url-from-git": "^1.4.0",
     "lodash": "^4.13.1"
   },