diff --git a/build.sbt b/build.sbt
index 9b4900438..b075023d7 100644
--- a/build.sbt
+++ b/build.sbt
@@ -79,6 +79,10 @@ val commonSettings = Def.settings(
                           "",
                           url("https://github.com/akka/alpakka-kafka/graphs/contributors")),
   startYear := Some(2014),
+  releaseNotesURL := (
+      if ((ThisBuild / isSnapshot).value) None
+      else Some(url(s"https://github.com/akka/alpakka-kafka/releases/tag/v${version.value}"))
+    ),
   licenses := {
     val tagOrBranch =
       if (version.value.endsWith("SNAPSHOT")) "main"
diff --git a/project/build.properties b/project/build.properties
index 72413de15..3c0b78a7c 100644
--- a/project/build.properties
+++ b/project/build.properties
@@ -1 +1 @@
-sbt.version=1.8.3
+sbt.version=1.9.1