diff --git a/project/plugins.sbt b/project/plugins.sbt
index cdb1fcca..dc6f99fb 100644
--- a/project/plugins.sbt
+++ b/project/plugins.sbt
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ addSbtPlugin("org.scala-native"     % "sbt-scala-native"              % "0.4.17"
 
 addSbtPlugin("com.eed3si9n"         % "sbt-projectmatrix"             % "0.9.2")
 
-addSbtPlugin("com.github.sbt"       % "sbt-ci-release"                % "1.5.12")
+addSbtPlugin("com.github.sbt"       % "sbt-ci-release"                % "1.6.1")
 
 addSbtPlugin("org.scalameta"        % "sbt-scalafmt"                  % "2.5.2")