diff --git a/lib/updaters/index.js b/lib/updaters/index.js
index a49fc23de..3bc890d16 100644
--- a/lib/updaters/index.js
+++ b/lib/updaters/index.js
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ function getUpdaterByType (type) {
 module.exports.getUpdaterByType = getUpdaterByType
 
 module.exports.getUpdaterByFilename = function (filename) {
-  if (JSON_BUMP_FILES.includes(filename)) {
+  if (JSON_BUMP_FILES.includes(path.basename(filename))) {
     return getUpdaterByType('json')
   }
   if (PLAIN_TEXT_BUMP_FILES.includes(filename)) {