diff --git a/project/plugins.sbt b/project/plugins.sbt
index 82bbd38..0dc4862 100644
--- a/project/plugins.sbt
+++ b/project/plugins.sbt
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@ addSbtPlugin("org.scalameta"  % "sbt-scalafmt"   % "2.5.2")
 addSbtPlugin("ch.epfl.scala"  % "sbt-scalafix"   % "0.10.0")
 addSbtPlugin("org.scoverage"  % "sbt-scoverage"  % "2.1.1")
 addSbtPlugin("ch.epfl.scala"  % "sbt-scalafix"   % "0.12.1")
-addSbtPlugin("com.github.sbt" % "sbt-ci-release" % "1.5.12")
+addSbtPlugin("com.github.sbt" % "sbt-ci-release" % "1.6.1")