diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 88ced3a..8ac9579 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
     "codecov": "^3.0.0",
     "conventional-changelog": "^3.0.1",
     "conventional-commits-parser": "^3.0.0",
-    "emoji-regex": "^7.0.0",
+    "emoji-regex": "^8.0.0",
     "execa": "^1.0.0",
     "fs-extra": "^7.0.0",
     "get-stream": "^4.0.0",