diff --git a/lib/release/release.js b/lib/release/release.js
index f5876a72..563577f7 100644
--- a/lib/release/release.js
+++ b/lib/release/release.js
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ const fs = require('fs');
 const path = require('path');
 const util = require('util');
 const { THEME_PATH, DOT_STENCIL_FILE_PATH } = require('../../constants');
-const git = require('simple-git/promise')(THEME_PATH);
+const git = require('simple-git')(THEME_PATH);
 const themeConfig = require('../theme-config').getInstance(THEME_PATH);
 const askQuestions = require('./questions');
 const { Octokit } = require('@octokit/rest');
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 80ece123..3016a868 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -2458,6 +2458,34 @@
         }
       }
     },
+    "@kwsites/file-exists": {
+      "version": "1.1.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@kwsites/file-exists/-/file-exists-1.1.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-m9/5YGR18lIwxSFDwfE3oA7bWuq9kdau6ugN4H2rJeyhFQZcG9AgSHkQtSD15a8WvTgfz9aikZMrKPHvbpqFiw==",
+      "requires": {
+        "debug": "^4.1.1"
+      },
+      "dependencies": {
+        "debug": {
+          "version": "4.2.0",
+          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/debug/-/debug-4.2.0.tgz",
+          "integrity": "sha512-IX2ncY78vDTjZMFUdmsvIRFY2Cf4FnD0wRs+nQwJU8Lu99/tPFdb0VybiiMTPe3I6rQmwsqQqRBvxU+bZ/I8sg==",
+          "requires": {
+            "ms": "2.1.2"
+          }
+        },
+        "ms": {
+          "version": "2.1.2",
+          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ms/-/ms-2.1.2.tgz",
+          "integrity": "sha512-sGkPx+VjMtmA6MX27oA4FBFELFCZZ4S4XqeGOXCv68tT+jb3vk/RyaKWP0PTKyWtmLSM0b+adUTEvbs1PEaH2w=="
+        }
+      }
+    },
+    "@kwsites/promise-deferred": {
+      "version": "1.1.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@kwsites/promise-deferred/-/promise-deferred-1.1.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-GaHYm+c0O9MjZRu0ongGBRbinu8gVAMd2UZjji6jVmqKtZluZnptXGWhz1E8j8D2HJ3f/yMxKAUC0b+57wncIw=="
+    },
     "@octokit/auth-token": {
       "version": "2.4.2",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@octokit/auth-token/-/auth-token-2.4.2.tgz",
@@ -17506,19 +17534,21 @@
       "integrity": "sha1-tf3AjxKH6hF4Yo5BXiUTK3NkbG0="
     },
     "simple-git": {
-      "version": "1.131.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/simple-git/-/simple-git-1.131.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-z/art7YYtmPnnLItT/j+nKwJt6ap6nHZ4D8sYo9PdCKK/ug56SN6m/evfxJk7uDV3e9JuCa8qIyDU2P3cxmiNQ==",
+      "version": "2.20.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/simple-git/-/simple-git-2.20.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-aa9s2ZLjXlHCVGbDXQLInMLvLkxKEclqMU9X5HMXi3tLWLxbWObz1UgtyZha6ocHarQtFp0OjQW9KHVR1g6wbA==",
       "requires": {
-        "debug": "^4.0.1"
+        "@kwsites/file-exists": "^1.1.1",
+        "@kwsites/promise-deferred": "^1.1.1",
+        "debug": "^4.1.1"
       },
       "dependencies": {
         "debug": {
-          "version": "4.1.1",
-          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/debug/-/debug-4.1.1.tgz",
-          "integrity": "sha512-pYAIzeRo8J6KPEaJ0VWOh5Pzkbw/RetuzehGM7QRRX5he4fPHx2rdKMB256ehJCkX+XRQm16eZLqLNS8RSZXZw==",
+          "version": "4.2.0",
+          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/debug/-/debug-4.2.0.tgz",
+          "integrity": "sha512-IX2ncY78vDTjZMFUdmsvIRFY2Cf4FnD0wRs+nQwJU8Lu99/tPFdb0VybiiMTPe3I6rQmwsqQqRBvxU+bZ/I8sg==",
           "requires": {
-            "ms": "^2.1.1"
+            "ms": "2.1.2"
           }
         },
         "ms": {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index a0dfa857..19043e6c 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
     "progress": "^2.0.3",
     "recursive-readdir": "^2.2.2",
     "semver": "^7.3.2",
-    "simple-git": "^1.65.0",
+    "simple-git": "^2.20.1",
     "tarjan-graph": "^0.3.0",
     "tmp": "0.0.26",
     "upath": "^1.2.0",