diff --git a/project/plugins.sbt b/project/plugins.sbt
index 8fc74fa..174cd58 100644
--- a/project/plugins.sbt
+++ b/project/plugins.sbt
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 addSbtPlugin("org.scalameta"  % "sbt-mdoc"       % "2.3.3")
-addSbtPlugin("com.github.sbt" % "sbt-ci-release" % "1.5.10")
+addSbtPlugin("com.github.sbt" % "sbt-ci-release" % "1.6.1")
 addSbtPlugin("ch.epfl.scala"  % "sbt-scalafix"   % "0.10.1")