diff --git a/project/build.properties b/project/build.properties
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+sbt.version=1.9.6
diff --git a/project/plugins.sbt b/project/plugins.sbt
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+addSbtPlugin("com.github.sbt" % "sbt-release" % "1.1.0")
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