diff --git a/project/plugins.sbt b/project/plugins.sbt
index 3b3a23d..606306a 100644
--- a/project/plugins.sbt
+++ b/project/plugins.sbt
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-addSbtPlugin("com.github.sbt"    % "sbt-ci-release" % "1.5.11")
+addSbtPlugin("com.github.sbt"    % "sbt-ci-release" % "1.6.1")
 addSbtPlugin("de.heikoseeberger" % "sbt-header"     % "5.7.0")
 addSbtPlugin("org.scalameta"     % "sbt-scalafmt"   % "2.4.6")