diff --git a/bin/semantic-release.js b/bin/semantic-release.js
index 407475dac3..12dd2b56b6 100755
--- a/bin/semantic-release.js
+++ b/bin/semantic-release.js
@@ -21,9 +21,8 @@ See https://github.com/semantic-release/semantic-release/blob/master/docs/suppor
   process.exit(1);
 }
 
-execa
-  .stdout('git', ['--version'])
-  .then(stdout => {
+execa('git', ['--version'])
+  .then(({stdout}) => {
     var gitVersion = findVersions(stdout)[0];
     if (semver.lt(gitVersion, MIN_GIT_VERSION)) {
       console.error(`[semantic-release]: Git version ${MIN_GIT_VERSION} is required. Found ${gitVersion}.`);
diff --git a/lib/git.js b/lib/git.js
index 9aa6588520..28ee556e04 100644
--- a/lib/git.js
+++ b/lib/git.js
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ const debug = require('debug')('semantic-release:git');
  */
 async function getTagHead(tagName, execaOpts) {
   try {
-    return await execa.stdout('git', ['rev-list', '-1', tagName], execaOpts);
+    return (await execa('git', ['rev-list', '-1', tagName], execaOpts)).stdout;
   } catch (error) {
     debug(error);
   }
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ async function getTagHead(tagName, execaOpts) {
  * @throws {Error} If the `git` command fails.
  */
 async function getTags(execaOpts) {
-  return (await execa.stdout('git', ['tag'], execaOpts))
+  return (await execa('git', ['tag'], execaOpts)).stdout
     .split('\n')
     .map(tag => tag.trim())
     .filter(Boolean);
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ async function isRefInHistory(ref, execaOpts) {
     await execa('git', ['merge-base', '--is-ancestor', ref, 'HEAD'], execaOpts);
     return true;
   } catch (error) {
-    if (error.code === 1) {
+    if (error.exitCode === 1) {
       return false;
     }
 
@@ -75,8 +75,8 @@ async function fetch(repositoryUrl, execaOpts) {
  *
  * @return {String} the sha of the HEAD commit.
  */
-function getGitHead(execaOpts) {
-  return execa.stdout('git', ['rev-parse', 'HEAD'], execaOpts);
+async function getGitHead(execaOpts) {
+  return (await execa('git', ['rev-parse', 'HEAD'], execaOpts)).stdout;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ function getGitHead(execaOpts) {
  */
 async function repoUrl(execaOpts) {
   try {
-    return await execa.stdout('git', ['config', '--get', 'remote.origin.url'], execaOpts);
+    return (await execa('git', ['config', '--get', 'remote.origin.url'], execaOpts)).stdout;
   } catch (error) {
     debug(error);
   }
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ async function repoUrl(execaOpts) {
  */
 async function isGitRepo(execaOpts) {
   try {
-    return (await execa('git', ['rev-parse', '--git-dir'], execaOpts)).code === 0;
+    return (await execa('git', ['rev-parse', '--git-dir'], execaOpts)).exitCode === 0;
   } catch (error) {
     debug(error);
   }
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ async function push(repositoryUrl, execaOpts) {
  */
 async function verifyTagName(tagName, execaOpts) {
   try {
-    return (await execa('git', ['check-ref-format', `refs/tags/${tagName}`], execaOpts)).code === 0;
+    return (await execa('git', ['check-ref-format', `refs/tags/${tagName}`], execaOpts)).exitCode === 0;
   } catch (error) {
     debug(error);
   }
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ async function verifyTagName(tagName, execaOpts) {
  * @return {Boolean} `true` is the HEAD of the current local branch is the same as the HEAD of the remote branch, falsy otherwise.
  */
 async function isBranchUpToDate(branch, execaOpts) {
-  const remoteHead = await execa.stdout('git', ['ls-remote', '--heads', 'origin', branch], execaOpts);
+  const {stdout: remoteHead} = await execa('git', ['ls-remote', '--heads', 'origin', branch], execaOpts);
   try {
     return await isRefInHistory(remoteHead.match(/^(\w+)?/)[1], execaOpts);
   } catch (error) {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index dbd38d7f67..95ce942054 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
     "cosmiconfig": "^5.0.1",
     "debug": "^4.0.0",
     "env-ci": "^4.0.0",
-    "execa": "^1.0.0",
+    "execa": "^2.0.0",
     "figures": "^3.0.0",
     "find-versions": "^3.0.0",
     "get-stream": "^5.0.0",
diff --git a/test/helpers/git-utils.js b/test/helpers/git-utils.js
index 38b464bc90..8d39c16169 100644
--- a/test/helpers/git-utils.js
+++ b/test/helpers/git-utils.js
@@ -69,8 +69,10 @@ export async function initBareRepo(repositoryUrl, branch = 'master') {
  * @returns {Array<Commit>} The created commits, in reverse order (to match `git log` order).
  */
 export async function gitCommits(messages, execaOpts) {
-  await pReduce(messages, (_, message) =>
-    execa.stdout('git', ['commit', '-m', message, '--allow-empty', '--no-gpg-sign'], execaOpts)
+  await pReduce(
+    messages,
+    async (_, message) =>
+      (await execa('git', ['commit', '-m', message, '--allow-empty', '--no-gpg-sign'], execaOpts)).stdout
   );
   return (await gitGetCommits(undefined, execaOpts)).slice(0, messages.length);
 }
@@ -112,8 +114,8 @@ export async function gitCheckout(branch, create = true, execaOpts) {
  *
  * @return {String} The sha of the head commit in the current git repository.
  */
-export function gitHead(execaOpts) {
-  return execa.stdout('git', ['rev-parse', 'HEAD'], execaOpts);
+export async function gitHead(execaOpts) {
+  return (await execa('git', ['rev-parse', 'HEAD'], execaOpts)).stdout;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -181,8 +183,8 @@ export async function gitAddConfig(name, value, execaOpts) {
  *
  * @return {String} The sha of the commit associated with `tagName` on the local repository.
  */
-export function gitTagHead(tagName, execaOpts) {
-  return execa.stdout('git', ['rev-list', '-1', tagName], execaOpts);
+export async function gitTagHead(tagName, execaOpts) {
+  return (await execa('git', ['rev-list', '-1', tagName], execaOpts)).stdout;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -195,7 +197,7 @@ export function gitTagHead(tagName, execaOpts) {
  * @return {String} The sha of the commit associated with `tagName` on the remote repository.
  */
 export async function gitRemoteTagHead(repositoryUrl, tagName, execaOpts) {
-  return (await execa.stdout('git', ['ls-remote', '--tags', repositoryUrl, tagName], execaOpts))
+  return (await execa('git', ['ls-remote', '--tags', repositoryUrl, tagName], execaOpts)).stdout
     .split('\n')
     .filter(tag => Boolean(tag))
     .map(tag => tag.match(/^(\S+)/)[1])[0];
@@ -209,8 +211,8 @@ export async function gitRemoteTagHead(repositoryUrl, tagName, execaOpts) {
  *
  * @return {String} The tag associatedwith the sha in parameter or `null`.
  */
-export function gitCommitTag(gitHead, execaOpts) {
-  return execa.stdout('git', ['describe', '--tags', '--exact-match', gitHead], execaOpts);
+export async function gitCommitTag(gitHead, execaOpts) {
+  return (await execa('git', ['describe', '--tags', '--exact-match', gitHead], execaOpts)).stdout;
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/test/integration.test.js b/test/integration.test.js
index e0d8f08236..2a0daab884 100644
--- a/test/integration.test.js
+++ b/test/integration.test.js
@@ -72,9 +72,9 @@ test('Release patch, minor and major versions', async t => {
   t.log('Commit a chore');
   await gitCommits(['chore: Init repository'], {cwd});
   t.log('$ semantic-release');
-  let {stdout, code} = await execa(cli, [], {env, cwd});
+  let {stdout, exitCode} = await execa(cli, [], {env, cwd});
   t.regex(stdout, /There are no relevant changes, so no new version is released/);
-  t.is(code, 0);
+  t.is(exitCode, 0);
 
   /* Initial release */
   let version = '1.0.0';
@@ -95,10 +95,10 @@ test('Release patch, minor and major versions', async t => {
   t.log('Commit a feature');
   await gitCommits(['feat: Initial commit'], {cwd});
   t.log('$ semantic-release');
-  ({stdout, code} = await execa(cli, [], {env, cwd}));
+  ({stdout, exitCode} = await execa(cli, [], {env, cwd}));
   t.regex(stdout, new RegExp(`Published GitHub release: release-url/${version}`));
   t.regex(stdout, new RegExp(`Publishing version ${version} to npm registry`));
-  t.is(code, 0);
+  t.is(exitCode, 0);
 
   // Verify package.json and npm-shrinkwrap.json have been updated
   t.is((await readJson(path.resolve(cwd, 'package.json'))).version, version);
@@ -137,10 +137,10 @@ test('Release patch, minor and major versions', async t => {
   t.log('Commit a fix');
   await gitCommits(['fix: bar'], {cwd});
   t.log('$ semantic-release');
-  ({stdout, code} = await execa(cli, [], {env, cwd}));
+  ({stdout, exitCode} = await execa(cli, [], {env, cwd}));
   t.regex(stdout, new RegExp(`Published GitHub release: release-url/${version}`));
   t.regex(stdout, new RegExp(`Publishing version ${version} to npm registry`));
-  t.is(code, 0);
+  t.is(exitCode, 0);
 
   // Verify package.json and npm-shrinkwrap.json have been updated
   t.is((await readJson(path.resolve(cwd, 'package.json'))).version, version);
@@ -179,10 +179,10 @@ test('Release patch, minor and major versions', async t => {
   t.log('Commit a feature');
   await gitCommits(['feat: baz'], {cwd});
   t.log('$ semantic-release');
-  ({stdout, code} = await execa(cli, [], {env, cwd}));
+  ({stdout, exitCode} = await execa(cli, [], {env, cwd}));
   t.regex(stdout, new RegExp(`Published GitHub release: release-url/${version}`));
   t.regex(stdout, new RegExp(`Publishing version ${version} to npm registry`));
-  t.is(code, 0);
+  t.is(exitCode, 0);
 
   // Verify package.json and npm-shrinkwrap.json have been updated
   t.is((await readJson(path.resolve(cwd, 'package.json'))).version, version);
@@ -221,10 +221,10 @@ test('Release patch, minor and major versions', async t => {
   t.log('Commit a breaking change');
   await gitCommits(['feat: foo\n\n BREAKING CHANGE: bar'], {cwd});
   t.log('$ semantic-release');
-  ({stdout, code} = await execa(cli, [], {env, cwd}));
+  ({stdout, exitCode} = await execa(cli, [], {env, cwd}));
   t.regex(stdout, new RegExp(`Published GitHub release: release-url/${version}`));
   t.regex(stdout, new RegExp(`Publishing version ${version} to npm registry`));
-  t.is(code, 0);
+  t.is(exitCode, 0);
 
   // Verify package.json and npm-shrinkwrap.json have been updated
   t.is((await readJson(path.resolve(cwd, 'package.json'))).version, version);
@@ -258,8 +258,8 @@ test('Exit with 1 if a plugin is not found', async t => {
     release: {analyzeCommits: 'non-existing-path', success: false, fail: false},
   });
 
-  const {code, stderr} = await t.throwsAsync(execa(cli, [], {env, cwd}));
-  t.is(code, 1);
+  const {exitCode, stderr} = await t.throwsAsync(execa(cli, [], {env, cwd}));
+  t.is(exitCode, 1);
   t.regex(stderr, /Cannot find module/);
 });
 
@@ -276,8 +276,8 @@ test('Exit with 1 if a shareable config is not found', async t => {
     release: {extends: 'non-existing-path', success: false, fail: false},
   });
 
-  const {code, stderr} = await t.throwsAsync(execa(cli, [], {env, cwd}));
-  t.is(code, 1);
+  const {exitCode, stderr} = await t.throwsAsync(execa(cli, [], {env, cwd}));
+  t.is(exitCode, 1);
   t.regex(stderr, /Cannot find module/);
 });
 
@@ -297,8 +297,8 @@ test('Exit with 1 if a shareable config reference a not found plugin', async t =
   });
   await writeJson(path.resolve(cwd, 'shareable.json'), shareable);
 
-  const {code, stderr} = await t.throwsAsync(execa(cli, [], {env, cwd}));
-  t.is(code, 1);
+  const {exitCode, stderr} = await t.throwsAsync(execa(cli, [], {env, cwd}));
+  t.is(exitCode, 1);
   t.regex(stderr, /Cannot find module/);
 });
 
@@ -327,11 +327,11 @@ test('Dry-run', async t => {
   t.log('Commit a feature');
   await gitCommits(['feat: Initial commit'], {cwd});
   t.log('$ semantic-release -d');
-  const {stdout, code} = await execa(cli, ['-d'], {env, cwd});
+  const {stdout, exitCode} = await execa(cli, ['-d'], {env, cwd});
   t.regex(stdout, new RegExp(`There is no previous release, the next release version is ${version}`));
   t.regex(stdout, new RegExp(`Release note for version ${version}`));
   t.regex(stdout, /Initial commit/);
-  t.is(code, 0);
+  t.is(exitCode, 0);
 
   // Verify package.json and has not been modified
   t.is((await readJson(path.resolve(cwd, 'package.json'))).version, '0.0.0-dev');
@@ -375,10 +375,10 @@ test('Allow local releases with "noCi" option', async t => {
   t.log('Commit a feature');
   await gitCommits(['feat: Initial commit'], {cwd});
   t.log('$ semantic-release --no-ci');
-  const {stdout, code} = await execa(cli, ['--no-ci'], {env: envNoCi, cwd});
+  const {stdout, exitCode} = await execa(cli, ['--no-ci'], {env: envNoCi, cwd});
   t.regex(stdout, new RegExp(`Published GitHub release: release-url/${version}`));
   t.regex(stdout, new RegExp(`Publishing version ${version} to npm registry`));
-  t.is(code, 0);
+  t.is(exitCode, 0);
 
   // Verify package.json and has been updated
   t.is((await readJson(path.resolve(cwd, 'package.json'))).version, version);
@@ -417,7 +417,7 @@ test('Pass options via CLI arguments', async t => {
   t.log('Commit a feature');
   await gitCommits(['feat: Initial commit'], {cwd});
   t.log('$ semantic-release');
-  const {stdout, code} = await execa(
+  const {stdout, exitCode} = await execa(
     cli,
     [
       '--verify-conditions',
@@ -433,7 +433,7 @@ test('Pass options via CLI arguments', async t => {
     {env, cwd}
   );
   t.regex(stdout, new RegExp(`Publishing version ${version} to npm registry`));
-  t.is(code, 0);
+  t.is(exitCode, 0);
 
   // Verify package.json and has been updated
   t.is((await readJson(path.resolve(cwd, 'package.json'))).version, version);
@@ -528,14 +528,14 @@ test('Log unexpected errors from plugins and exit with 1', async t => {
   t.log('Commit a feature');
   await gitCommits(['feat: Initial commit'], {cwd});
   t.log('$ semantic-release');
-  const {stderr, code} = await execa(cli, [], {env, cwd, reject: false});
+  const {stderr, exitCode} = await execa(cli, [], {env, cwd, reject: false});
   // Verify the type and message are logged
   t.regex(stderr, /Error: a/);
   // Verify the the stacktrace is logged
   t.regex(stderr, new RegExp(pluginError));
   // Verify the Error properties are logged
   t.regex(stderr, /errorProperty: 'errorProperty'/);
-  t.is(code, 1);
+  t.is(exitCode, 1);
 });
 
 test('Log errors inheriting SemanticReleaseError and exit with 1', async t => {
@@ -555,10 +555,10 @@ test('Log errors inheriting SemanticReleaseError and exit with 1', async t => {
   t.log('Commit a feature');
   await gitCommits(['feat: Initial commit'], {cwd});
   t.log('$ semantic-release');
-  const {stderr, code} = await execa(cli, [], {env, cwd, reject: false});
+  const {stderr, exitCode} = await execa(cli, [], {env, cwd, reject: false});
   // Verify the type and message are logged
   t.regex(stderr, /EINHERITED Inherited error/);
-  t.is(code, 1);
+  t.is(exitCode, 1);
 });
 
 test('Exit with 1 if missing permission to push to the remote repository', async t => {
@@ -573,14 +573,14 @@ test('Exit with 1 if missing permission to push to the remote repository', async
   await gitCommits(['feat: Initial commit'], {cwd});
   await gitPush('origin', 'master', {cwd});
   t.log('$ semantic-release');
-  const {stderr, code} = await execa(
+  const {stderr, exitCode} = await execa(
     cli,
     ['--repository-url', 'http://user:wrong_pass@localhost:2080/git/unauthorized.git'],
     {env: {...env, GH_TOKEN: 'user:wrong_pass'}, cwd, reject: false}
   );
   // Verify the type and message are logged
   t.regex(stderr, /EGITNOPERMISSION/);
-  t.is(code, 1);
+  t.is(exitCode, 1);
 });
 
 test('Hide sensitive environment variable values from the logs', async t => {