diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 333afe4c..2816fd23 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
     "klaw-sync": "^2.1.0",
     "lodash": "^4.5.1",
     "node-version-checker": "^2.0.0",
-    "pelias-config": "2.10.0",
+    "pelias-config": "2.12.0",
     "pelias-dbclient": "2.2.2",
     "pelias-logger": "0.2.0",
     "pelias-model": "5.0.0",
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
     "pelias-mock-logger": "^1.1.0",
     "precommit-hook": "^3.0.0",
     "proxyquire": "^1.7.11",
-    "semantic-release": "^6.3.2",
+    "semantic-release": "^7.0.1",
     "tap-dot": "^1.0.0",
     "tape": "^4.2.2",
     "temp": "^0.8.3"
diff --git a/src/bundleList.js b/src/bundleList.js
index 2ebbca31..ea265264 100644
--- a/src/bundleList.js
+++ b/src/bundleList.js
@@ -40,6 +40,10 @@ const venueRoles = [
   'venue'
 ];
 
+// the bundle index contains timestamped bundles and non tar.bz2 files.
+// this regex is used to filter the bundle list, removing invalid entries.
+// see: https://whosonfirst.mapzen.com/bundles/index.txt
+const validBundleRegex = /-latest-bundle\.tar\.bz2$/;
 
 function getPlacetypes() {
   let roles = hierarchyRoles;
@@ -127,6 +131,13 @@ function initBundleBuckets(roles) {
 function sortBundleByBuckets(roles, bundle, bundleBuckets) {
   roles.forEach((role) => {
     if (bundle.indexOf('-' + role + '-') !== -1) {
+
+      // skip invalid bundle names
+      if( !validBundleRegex.test( bundle ) ){
+        console.error( 'info: invalid bundle name skipped', bundle );
+        return;
+      }
+
       bundleBuckets[role].push(bundle);
     }
   });
diff --git a/utils/download_data_all.js b/utils/download_data_all.js
index 5268e8fa..a33f673e 100644
--- a/utils/download_data_all.js
+++ b/utils/download_data_all.js
@@ -27,10 +27,11 @@ function download(callback) {
   //     the README file is ignored (it just would get overridden by subsequent bundles)
   // 3.) move the meta file to the meta files directory
   function generateCommand(bundle, directory) {
-    const targetPath = bundle.replace('-bundle.tar.bz2', '.csv');
+    const csvFilename = bundle.replace(/-\d{8}T\d{6}-/, '-latest-') // support timestamped downloads
+                              .replace('-bundle.tar.bz2', '.csv');
 
     return 'curl https://whosonfirst.mapzen.com/bundles/' + bundle + ' | tar -xj --strip-components=1 --exclude=README.txt -C ' +
-      directory + ' && mv ' + path.join(directory, targetPath) + ' ' + path.join(directory, 'meta');
+      directory + ' && mv ' + path.join(directory, csvFilename) + ' ' + path.join(directory, 'meta');
   }
 
   bundles.generateBundleList((err, bundlesToDownload) => {
@@ -57,4 +58,4 @@ function download(callback) {
   });
 }
 
-module.exports.download = download;
\ No newline at end of file
+module.exports.download = download;