diff --git a/project/plugins.sbt b/project/plugins.sbt
index 98e2c72..ac38883 100644
--- a/project/plugins.sbt
+++ b/project/plugins.sbt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 addSbtPlugin("org.typelevel"  % "sbt-tpolecat"         % "0.5.0")
 addSbtPlugin("org.scalameta"  % "sbt-scalafmt"         % "2.5.2")
-addSbtPlugin("com.github.sbt" % "sbt-ci-release"       % "1.5.10")
+addSbtPlugin("com.github.sbt" % "sbt-ci-release"       % "1.6.1")
 addSbtPlugin("com.47deg"      % "sbt-microsites"       % "1.3.4")
 addSbtPlugin("org.scalameta"  % "sbt-mdoc"             % "2.5.0")
 addSbtPlugin("com.codecommit" % "sbt-spiewak-sonatype" % "0.23.0")