diff --git a/project/plugins.sbt b/project/plugins.sbt
index e4628697..36b53753 100644
--- a/project/plugins.sbt
+++ b/project/plugins.sbt
@@ -16,6 +16,6 @@ addSbtPlugin("ch.epfl.scala" % "sbt-scalafix" % "0.12.1")
 
 addSbtPlugin("org.scalameta" % "sbt-scalafmt" % "2.5.2")
 
-addSbtPlugin("com.github.sbt" % "sbt-ci-release" % "1.5.12")
+addSbtPlugin("com.github.sbt" % "sbt-ci-release" % "1.6.1")
 
 addSbtPlugin("de.heikoseeberger" % "sbt-header" % "5.10.0")