diff --git a/tools/release-posts/package.json b/tools/release-posts/package.json
index 47b9289e8faa9..0f07e01bd5741 100644
--- a/tools/release-posts/package.json
+++ b/tools/release-posts/package.json
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 		"@octokit/rest": "^19.0.4",
 		"@woocommerce/monorepo-utils": "workspace:*",
 		"code-analyzer": "workspace:*",
-		"commander": "9.4.0",
+		"commander": "12.1.0",
 		"dotenv": "^10.0.0",
 		"ejs": "^3.1.8",
 		"enquirer": "^2.3.6",