diff --git a/project/plugins.sbt b/project/plugins.sbt
index 43a5da98..c54b3cfe 100644
--- a/project/plugins.sbt
+++ b/project/plugins.sbt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ addSbtPlugin("org.scalameta" % "sbt-scalafmt" % "2.5.2")
 addSbtPlugin("com.eed3si9n" % "sbt-assembly" % "2.2.0")
 addSbtPlugin("com.github.sbt" % "sbt-multi-jvm" % "0.6.0")
 addSbtPlugin("com.github.sbt" % "sbt-dynver" % "5.0.1")
-addSbtPlugin("com.github.sbt" % "sbt-ci-release" % "1.5.12")
+addSbtPlugin("com.github.sbt" % "sbt-ci-release" % "1.6.1")
 
 // for dependency analysis
 addDependencyTreePlugin