diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 6c20fc17..79b84da7 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
 	},
 	"devDependencies": {
 		"@release-it/conventional-changelog": "^8.0.0",
-		"@types/conventional-commits-parser": "^3.0.4",
+		"@types/conventional-commits-parser": "^5.0.0",
 		"@types/eslint": "^8.44.3",
 		"@types/pkgjs__parseargs": "^0.10.1",
 		"@typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin": "^7.0.0",
diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index fad21630..8ef03ebc 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ devDependencies:
     specifier: ^8.0.0
     version: 8.0.1(release-it@17.0.0)
   '@types/conventional-commits-parser':
-    specifier: ^3.0.4
-    version: 3.0.4
+    specifier: ^5.0.0
+    version: 5.0.0
   '@types/eslint':
     specifier: ^8.44.3
     version: 8.44.3
@@ -1413,8 +1413,8 @@ packages:
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-C5Mc6rdnsaJDjO3UpGW/CQTHtCKaYlScZTly4JIu97Jxo/odCiH0ITnDXSJPTOrEKk/ycSZ0AOgTmkDtkOsvIA==}
     dev: true
 
-  /@types/conventional-commits-parser@3.0.4:
-    resolution: {integrity: sha512-nO3LTqFyExqXWAAfcsGh63gPLmYZSAqlLZfhqJ57qkgtyd0BA8S8M/mqtWCD/PvegjuaGk1z4UG5Hy7bZq79zA==}
+  /@types/conventional-commits-parser@5.0.0:
+    resolution: {integrity: sha512-loB369iXNmAZglwWATL+WRe+CRMmmBPtpolYzIebFaX4YA3x+BEfLqhUAV9WanycKI3TG1IMr5bMJDajDKLlUQ==}
     dependencies:
       '@types/node': 18.11.18
     dev: true
diff --git a/src/getCommitMeaning.ts b/src/getCommitMeaning.ts
index 52243d9f..38be23f3 100644
--- a/src/getCommitMeaning.ts
+++ b/src/getCommitMeaning.ts
@@ -9,11 +9,9 @@ const releaseCommitTester =
 
 export function getCommitMeaning(message: string) {
 	// Some types are always meaningful or ignored, regardless of potentially release-like messages
-	// options from https://github.com/conventional-changelog/conventional-changelog/issues/648#issuecomment-704867077
-	// https://github.com/JoshuaKGoldberg/should-semantic-release/issues/174
 	const { notes, type } = conventionalCommitsParser.sync(message, {
 		breakingHeaderPattern: /^(\w*)(?:\((.*)\))?!: (.*)$/,
-	} as object);
+	});
 	if (notes.some((note) => note.title.match(/^BREAKING[ -]CHANGE$/))) {
 		return "meaningful";
 	}