diff --git a/project/plugins.sbt b/project/plugins.sbt
index 54d792a..9c91ec1 100644
--- a/project/plugins.sbt
+++ b/project/plugins.sbt
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ addSbtPlugin("com.eed3si9n" % "sbt-assembly" % "2.1.5")
 
 addSbtPlugin("com.gu" % "sbt-riffraff-artifact" % "1.1.18")
 
-addSbtPlugin("com.github.sbt" % "sbt-release" % "1.3.0")
+addSbtPlugin("com.github.sbt" % "sbt-release" % "1.4.0")
 
 addSbtPlugin("com.github.sbt" % "sbt-pgp" % "2.2.1")