diff --git a/project/plugins.sbt b/project/plugins.sbt
index b8c27e43..eb3656be 100644
--- a/project/plugins.sbt
+++ b/project/plugins.sbt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 // Copyright (C) from 2022 The Play Framework Contributors <https://github.com/playframework>, 2011-2021 Lightbend Inc. <https://www.lightbend.com>
 
-addSbtPlugin("com.github.sbt" % "sbt-ci-release" % "1.5.12")
+addSbtPlugin("com.github.sbt" % "sbt-ci-release" % "1.6.1")
 
 // For the Cross Build
 addSbtPlugin("org.scala-js"       % "sbt-scalajs"              % "1.15.0")