diff --git a/project/plugins.sbt b/project/plugins.sbt
index 3b7ce6f..60d5ddd 100644
--- a/project/plugins.sbt
+++ b/project/plugins.sbt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 addSbtPlugin("ch.epfl.scala"      % "sbt-scalafix"             % "0.11.0")
-addSbtPlugin("com.github.sbt"     % "sbt-ci-release"           % "1.5.12")
+addSbtPlugin("com.github.sbt"     % "sbt-ci-release"           % "1.6.1")
 addSbtPlugin("org.planet42"       % "laika-sbt"                % "0.19.3")
 addSbtPlugin("org.portable-scala" % "sbt-scalajs-crossproject" % "1.3.2")
 addSbtPlugin("org.scala-js"       % "sbt-jsdependencies"       % "1.0.2")