diff --git a/project/plugins.sbt b/project/plugins.sbt
index 551a5a2b..70e1776f 100644
--- a/project/plugins.sbt
+++ b/project/plugins.sbt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ scalacOptions += "-deprecation"
 
 addSbtPlugin("com.github.sbt" % "sbt-pgp" % "2.2.1")
 
-addSbtPlugin("com.github.sbt" % "sbt-release" % "1.3.0")
+addSbtPlugin("com.github.sbt" % "sbt-release" % "1.4.0")
 
 addSbtPlugin("com.typesafe" % "sbt-mima-plugin" % "1.1.3")