diff --git a/project/plugins.sbt b/project/plugins.sbt
index 135afe09..9a980662 100644
--- a/project/plugins.sbt
+++ b/project/plugins.sbt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ logLevel := Level.Warn
 
 addSbtPlugin("org.scalameta"      % "sbt-scalafmt"   % "2.5.2")
 addSbtPlugin("pl.project13.scala" % "sbt-jmh"        % "0.4.7")
-addSbtPlugin("com.github.sbt"     % "sbt-ci-release" % "1.5.12")
+addSbtPlugin("com.github.sbt"     % "sbt-ci-release" % "1.6.1")
 
 addSbtPlugin("org.portable-scala" % "sbt-scalajs-crossproject"      % "1.3.2")
 addSbtPlugin("org.portable-scala" % "sbt-scala-native-crossproject" % "1.3.2")