diff --git a/project/plugins.sbt b/project/plugins.sbt
index 3a3b3ec89..c5ca0de68 100644
--- a/project/plugins.sbt
+++ b/project/plugins.sbt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 addSbtPlugin("com.eed3si9n" % "sbt-buildinfo" % "0.12.0")
 
-addSbtPlugin("com.github.sbt" % "sbt-ci-release" % "1.5.12")
+addSbtPlugin("com.github.sbt" % "sbt-ci-release" % "1.6.1")
 
 addSbtPlugin("org.scalameta" % "sbt-scalafmt" % "2.5.2")