diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index f151575ae0..83e4b62c91 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@
     "conventional-changelog": "1.1.0",
     "core-js": "2.4.1",
     "cpr": "2.0.0",
+    "cross-spawn": "^5.1.0",
     "del": "2.2.2",
     "dgeni": "^0.4.7",
     "dgeni-packages": "^0.16.10",
diff --git a/scripts/gulp/tasks/release.ts b/scripts/gulp/tasks/release.ts
index 6b4ccb74d6..eb6058ad3c 100644
--- a/scripts/gulp/tasks/release.ts
+++ b/scripts/gulp/tasks/release.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-import { exec, spawnSync, spawn } from 'child_process';
+import { exec } from 'child_process';
+import { spawn, spawnSync } from 'cross-spawn';
 import { writeFileSync } from 'fs';
 import * as changelog from 'conventional-changelog';
 import * as GithubApi from 'github';