diff --git a/project/plugins.sbt b/project/plugins.sbt
index cfdb2fc8..50b9ba30 100644
--- a/project/plugins.sbt
+++ b/project/plugins.sbt
@@ -9,4 +9,4 @@ addSbtPlugin("org.playframework" % "play-docs-sbt-plugin" % sys.props.getOrElse(
 addSbtPlugin("org.scalameta" % "sbt-scalafmt"    % "2.5.2")
 addSbtPlugin("com.typesafe"  % "sbt-mima-plugin" % "1.1.4")
 
-addSbtPlugin("com.github.sbt" % "sbt-ci-release" % "1.6.1")
+addSbtPlugin("com.github.sbt" % "sbt-ci-release" % "1.9.0")