diff --git a/src/init.js b/src/init.js
index 7815fcf1..30532c79 100644
--- a/src/init.js
+++ b/src/init.js
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ class Init {
     await this.writeFile(
       'commitlint.config.js',
       `module.exports = {
-  extends: ['@commitlint/config-angular'],
+  extends: ['@commitlint/config-conventional'],
 }`,
     )
   }
diff --git a/test/init.test.js b/test/init.test.js
index 87e4dc8b..3bdcdab9 100644
--- a/test/init.test.js
+++ b/test/init.test.js
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ suite('init', () => {
     assert(
       wrote ===
         `module.exports = {
-  extends: ['@commitlint/config-angular'],
+  extends: ['@commitlint/config-conventional'],
 }
 `,
     )