diff --git a/base.js b/base.js
index 9ea3345..8a84ec1 100644
--- a/base.js
+++ b/base.js
@@ -2,12 +2,11 @@ module.exports = {
   parserPreset: 'conventional-changelog-conventionalcommits',
   rules: {
     'body-leading-blank': [2, 'always'],
-    'body-max-line-length': [2, 'always', 72],
+    'body-max-line-length': [2, 'always', 100],
     'footer-leading-blank': [2, 'always'],
     'footer-max-line-length': [2, 'always', 100],
     'header-max-length': [2, 'always', 100],
     'references-empty': [1, 'never'],
-    'scope-empty': [2, 'always'],
     'subject-case': [2, 'always', 'sentence-case'],
     'subject-empty': [2, 'never'],
     'subject-full-stop': [2, 'never', '.'],
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 2e742c4..c92e9c3 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@g2crowd/commitlint-config-g2",
-  "version": "1.6.0",
+  "version": "1.7.0",
   "description": "G2 commitlint configuration",
   "scripts": {
     "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1"