diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 18b166a..3b860b3 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -11,3 +11,5 @@ bin/
 
 # Output of the go coverage tool, specifically when used with LiteIDE
 *.out
+
+*.sample
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/cmd/git-sv/handlers.go b/cmd/git-sv/handlers.go
index 05cb293..ccf2f01 100644
--- a/cmd/git-sv/handlers.go
+++ b/cmd/git-sv/handlers.go
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import (
 	"sv4git/sv"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/Masterminds/semver"
+	"github.com/Masterminds/semver/v3"
 	"github.com/urfave/cli/v2"
 )
 
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 476ee75..d39381e 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,11 +1,17 @@
 module sv4git
 
-go 1.13
+go 1.15
 
 require (
-	github.com/Masterminds/semver v1.5.0
+	github.com/Masterminds/semver/v3 v3.1.1
 	github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man/v2 v2.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/kelseyhightower/envconfig v1.4.0
+	github.com/kr/text v0.2.0 // indirect
+	github.com/lunixbochs/vtclean v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/manifoldco/promptui v0.8.0
+	github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.8 // indirect
+	github.com/russross/blackfriday/v2 v2.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/urfave/cli/v2 v2.3.0
+	golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210124154548-22da62e12c0c // indirect
+	gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20201130134442-10cb98267c6c // indirect
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 4f6f6fc..b040cff 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 github.com/BurntSushi/toml v0.3.1/go.mod h1:xHWCNGjB5oqiDr8zfno3MHue2Ht5sIBksp03qcyfWMU=
-github.com/Masterminds/semver v1.5.0 h1:H65muMkzWKEuNDnfl9d70GUjFniHKHRbFPGBuZ3QEww=
-github.com/Masterminds/semver v1.5.0/go.mod h1:MB6lktGJrhw8PrUyiEoblNEGEQ+RzHPF078ddwwvV3Y=
+github.com/Masterminds/semver/v3 v3.1.1 h1:hLg3sBzpNErnxhQtUy/mmLR2I9foDujNK030IGemrRc=
+github.com/Masterminds/semver/v3 v3.1.1/go.mod h1:VPu/7SZ7ePZ3QOrcuXROw5FAcLl4a0cBrbBpGY/8hQs=
 github.com/chzyer/logex v1.1.10 h1:Swpa1K6QvQznwJRcfTfQJmTE72DqScAa40E+fbHEXEE=
 github.com/chzyer/logex v1.1.10/go.mod h1:+Ywpsq7O8HXn0nuIou7OrIPyXbp3wmkHB+jjWRnGsAI=
 github.com/chzyer/readline v0.0.0-20180603132655-2972be24d48e h1:fY5BOSpyZCqRo5OhCuC+XN+r/bBCmeuuJtjz+bCNIf8=
@@ -11,34 +11,53 @@ github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man/v2 v2.0.0-20190314233015-f79a8a8ca69d h1:U+s90UTSY
 github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man/v2 v2.0.0-20190314233015-f79a8a8ca69d/go.mod h1:maD7wRr/U5Z6m/iR4s+kqSMx2CaBsrgA7czyZG/E6dU=
 github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man/v2 v2.0.0 h1:EoUDS0afbrsXAZ9YQ9jdu/mZ2sXgT1/2yyNng4PGlyM=
 github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man/v2 v2.0.0/go.mod h1:maD7wRr/U5Z6m/iR4s+kqSMx2CaBsrgA7czyZG/E6dU=
+github.com/creack/pty v1.1.9/go.mod h1:oKZEueFk5CKHvIhNR5MUki03XCEU+Q6VDXinZuGJ33E=
 github.com/juju/ansiterm v0.0.0-20180109212912-720a0952cc2a h1:FaWFmfWdAUKbSCtOU2QjDaorUexogfaMgbipgYATUMU=
 github.com/juju/ansiterm v0.0.0-20180109212912-720a0952cc2a/go.mod h1:UJSiEoRfvx3hP73CvoARgeLjaIOjybY9vj8PUPPFGeU=
 github.com/kelseyhightower/envconfig v1.4.0 h1:Im6hONhd3pLkfDFsbRgu68RDNkGF1r3dvMUtDTo2cv8=
 github.com/kelseyhightower/envconfig v1.4.0/go.mod h1:cccZRl6mQpaq41TPp5QxidR+Sa3axMbJDNb//FQX6Gg=
 github.com/kr/pretty v0.1.0 h1:L/CwN0zerZDmRFUapSPitk6f+Q3+0za1rQkzVuMiMFI=
 github.com/kr/pretty v0.1.0/go.mod h1:dAy3ld7l9f0ibDNOQOHHMYYIIbhfbHSm3C4ZsoJORNo=
+github.com/kr/pretty v0.2.1 h1:Fmg33tUaq4/8ym9TJN1x7sLJnHVwhP33CNkpYV/7rwI=
+github.com/kr/pretty v0.2.1/go.mod h1:ipq/a2n7PKx3OHsz4KJII5eveXtPO4qwEXGdVfWzfnI=
 github.com/kr/pty v1.1.1/go.mod h1:pFQYn66WHrOpPYNljwOMqo10TkYh1fy3cYio2l3bCsQ=
 github.com/kr/text v0.1.0 h1:45sCR5RtlFHMR4UwH9sdQ5TC8v0qDQCHnXt+kaKSTVE=
 github.com/kr/text v0.1.0/go.mod h1:4Jbv+DJW3UT/LiOwJeYQe1efqtUx/iVham/4vfdArNI=
+github.com/kr/text v0.2.0 h1:5Nx0Ya0ZqY2ygV366QzturHI13Jq95ApcVaJBhpS+AY=
+github.com/kr/text v0.2.0/go.mod h1:eLer722TekiGuMkidMxC/pM04lWEeraHUUmBw8l2grE=
 github.com/lunixbochs/vtclean v0.0.0-20180621232353-2d01aacdc34a h1:weJVJJRzAJBFRlAiJQROKQs8oC9vOxvm4rZmBBk0ONw=
 github.com/lunixbochs/vtclean v0.0.0-20180621232353-2d01aacdc34a/go.mod h1:pHhQNgMf3btfWnGBVipUOjRYhoOsdGqdm/+2c2E2WMI=
+github.com/lunixbochs/vtclean v1.0.0 h1:xu2sLAri4lGiovBDQKxl5mrXyESr3gUr5m5SM5+LVb8=
+github.com/lunixbochs/vtclean v1.0.0/go.mod h1:pHhQNgMf3btfWnGBVipUOjRYhoOsdGqdm/+2c2E2WMI=
 github.com/manifoldco/promptui v0.8.0 h1:R95mMF+McvXZQ7j1g8ucVZE1gLP3Sv6j9vlF9kyRqQo=
 github.com/manifoldco/promptui v0.8.0/go.mod h1:n4zTdgP0vr0S3w7/O/g98U+e0gwLScEXGwov2nIKuGQ=
 github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.0.9 h1:UVL0vNpWh04HeJXV0KLcaT7r06gOH2l4OW6ddYRUIY4=
 github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.0.9/go.mod h1:9vuHe8Xs5qXnSaW/c/ABM9alt+Vo+STaOChaDxuIBZU=
+github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.8 h1:c1ghPdyEDarC70ftn0y+A/Ee++9zz8ljHG1b13eJ0s8=
+github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.8/go.mod h1:u6P/XSegPjTcexA+o6vUJrdnUu04hMope9wVRipJSqc=
 github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.4 h1:bnP0vzxcAdeI1zdubAl5PjU6zsERjGZb7raWodagDYs=
 github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.4/go.mod h1:M+lRXTBqGeGNdLjl/ufCoiOlB5xdOkqRJdNxMWT7Zi4=
+github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.12 h1:wuysRhFDzyxgEmMf5xjvJ2M9dZoWAXNNr5LSBS7uHXY=
+github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.12/go.mod h1:cbi8OIDigv2wuxKPP5vlRcQ1OAZbq2CE4Kysco4FUpU=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 h1:4DBwDE0NGyQoBHbLQYPwSUPoCMWR5BEzIk/f1lZbAQM=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0/go.mod h1:iKH77koFhYxTK1pcRnkKkqfTogsbg7gZNVY4sRDYZ/4=
 github.com/russross/blackfriday/v2 v2.0.1 h1:lPqVAte+HuHNfhJ/0LC98ESWRz8afy9tM/0RK8m9o+Q=
 github.com/russross/blackfriday/v2 v2.0.1/go.mod h1:+Rmxgy9KzJVeS9/2gXHxylqXiyQDYRxCVz55jmeOWTM=
+github.com/russross/blackfriday/v2 v2.1.0 h1:JIOH55/0cWyOuilr9/qlrm0BSXldqnqwMsf35Ld67mk=
+github.com/russross/blackfriday/v2 v2.1.0/go.mod h1:+Rmxgy9KzJVeS9/2gXHxylqXiyQDYRxCVz55jmeOWTM=
 github.com/shurcooL/sanitized_anchor_name v1.0.0 h1:PdmoCO6wvbs+7yrJyMORt4/BmY5IYyJwS/kOiWx8mHo=
 github.com/shurcooL/sanitized_anchor_name v1.0.0/go.mod h1:1NzhyTcUVG4SuEtjjoZeVRXNmyL/1OwPU0+IJeTBvfc=
 github.com/urfave/cli/v2 v2.3.0 h1:qph92Y649prgesehzOrQjdWyxFOp/QVM+6imKHad91M=
 github.com/urfave/cli/v2 v2.3.0/go.mod h1:LJmUH05zAU44vOAcrfzZQKsZbVcdbOG8rtL3/XcUArI=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20181122145206-62eef0e2fa9b h1:MQE+LT/ABUuuvEZ+YQAMSXindAdUh7slEmAkup74op4=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20181122145206-62eef0e2fa9b/go.mod h1:STP8DvDyc/dI5b8T5hshtkjS+E42TnysNCUPdjciGhY=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20200116001909-b77594299b42/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20200223170610-d5e6a3e2c0ae/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210124154548-22da62e12c0c h1:VwygUrnw9jn88c4u8GD3rZQbqrP/tgas88tPUbBxQrk=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210124154548-22da62e12c0c/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20180628173108-788fd7840127 h1:qIbj1fsPNlZgppZ+VLlY7N33q108Sa+fhmuc+sWQYwY=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20180628173108-788fd7840127/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
+gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20201130134442-10cb98267c6c h1:Hei/4ADfdWqJk1ZMxUNpqntNwaWcugrBjAiHlqqRiVk=
+gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20201130134442-10cb98267c6c/go.mod h1:JHkPIbrfpd72SG/EVd6muEfDQjcINNoR0C8j2r3qZ4Q=
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diff --git a/sv/formatter_test.go b/sv/formatter_test.go
index ddc21dd..13f0a41 100644
--- a/sv/formatter_test.go
+++ b/sv/formatter_test.go
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/Masterminds/semver"
+	"github.com/Masterminds/semver/v3"
 )
 
 var dateChangelog = `## v1.0.0 (2020-05-01)
diff --git a/sv/git.go b/sv/git.go
index e4bec74..0fceca2 100644
--- a/sv/git.go
+++ b/sv/git.go
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/Masterminds/semver"
+	"github.com/Masterminds/semver/v3"
 )
 
 const (
diff --git a/sv/helpers_test.go b/sv/helpers_test.go
index c35642e..f2a3b61 100644
--- a/sv/helpers_test.go
+++ b/sv/helpers_test.go
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ package sv
 import (
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/Masterminds/semver"
+	"github.com/Masterminds/semver/v3"
 )
 
 func version(v string) semver.Version {
diff --git a/sv/releasenotes.go b/sv/releasenotes.go
index 823e113..f75194e 100644
--- a/sv/releasenotes.go
+++ b/sv/releasenotes.go
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ package sv
 import (
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/Masterminds/semver"
+	"github.com/Masterminds/semver/v3"
 )
 
 // ReleaseNoteProcessor release note processor interface.
diff --git a/sv/releasenotes_test.go b/sv/releasenotes_test.go
index 8c8f032..f47fff7 100644
--- a/sv/releasenotes_test.go
+++ b/sv/releasenotes_test.go
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/Masterminds/semver"
+	"github.com/Masterminds/semver/v3"
 )
 
 func TestReleaseNoteProcessorImpl_Create(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/sv/semver.go b/sv/semver.go
index 8350bda..faa840c 100644
--- a/sv/semver.go
+++ b/sv/semver.go
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 package sv
 
-import "github.com/Masterminds/semver"
+import "github.com/Masterminds/semver/v3"
 
 type versionType int
 
diff --git a/sv/semver_test.go b/sv/semver_test.go
index 8943d9b..1f18479 100644
--- a/sv/semver_test.go
+++ b/sv/semver_test.go
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"reflect"
 	"testing"
 
-	"github.com/Masterminds/semver"
+	"github.com/Masterminds/semver/v3"
 )
 
 func TestSemVerCommitsProcessorImpl_NextVersion(t *testing.T) {