diff --git a/project/plugins.sbt b/project/plugins.sbt
index d9bb99b..dde992a 100644
--- a/project/plugins.sbt
+++ b/project/plugins.sbt
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-addSbtPlugin("com.github.sbt" % "sbt-ci-release"  % "1.5.12")
+addSbtPlugin("com.github.sbt" % "sbt-ci-release"  % "1.6.1")
 addSbtPlugin("com.typesafe"   % "sbt-mima-plugin" % "1.1.4")
 addSbtPlugin("org.scalameta"  % "sbt-scalafmt"    % "2.5.2")