diff --git a/project/plugins.sbt b/project/plugins.sbt
index 3e664f2b..862de547 100644
--- a/project/plugins.sbt
+++ b/project/plugins.sbt
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@ addSbtPlugin("org.scalameta"      % "sbt-scalafmt"    % "2.5.2")
 addSbtPlugin("com.typesafe"       % "sbt-mima-plugin" % "1.1.4")
 addSbtPlugin("de.heikoseeberger"  % "sbt-header"      % "5.10.0")
 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")