diff --git a/web3.js/package.json b/web3.js/package.json
index 84240446e258d7..f5d4686dbf2dba 100644
--- a/web3.js/package.json
+++ b/web3.js/package.json
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@
     "rollup-plugin-dts": "^4.0.0",
     "rollup-plugin-node-polyfills": "^0.2.1",
     "rollup-plugin-terser": "^7.0.2",
-    "semantic-release": "^19.0.3",
+    "semantic-release": "^22.0.0",
     "sinon": "^13.0.2",
     "sinon-chai": "^3.7.0",
     "start-server-and-test": "^1.12.0",