diff --git a/project/plugins.sbt b/project/plugins.sbt
index 91060ee56..fb2222e17 100644
--- a/project/plugins.sbt
+++ b/project/plugins.sbt
@@ -12,6 +12,6 @@ addSbtPlugin("com.typesafe" % "sbt-mima-plugin" % "1.1.3")
 addSbtPlugin("org.scoverage" % "sbt-scoverage" % "2.0.10")
 addSbtPlugin("pl.project13.scala" % "sbt-jmh" % "0.4.7")
 addSbtPlugin("ch.epfl.scala" % "sbt-scalafix" % "0.11.1")
-addSbtPlugin("com.github.sbt" % "sbt-ci-release" % "1.5.12")
+addSbtPlugin("com.github.sbt" % "sbt-ci-release" % "1.7.0")
 
 dependencyOverrides += "org.scala-lang.modules" %% "scala-xml" % "2.1.0"