diff --git a/project/plugins.sbt b/project/plugins.sbt
index 2a2f63d1..3c654cd8 100644
--- a/project/plugins.sbt
+++ b/project/plugins.sbt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ val scalaNativeVersion = "0.5.5"
 val scalafix = "0.12.1"
 
 // includes sbt-dynver sbt-pgp sbt-sonatype sbt-git
-addSbtPlugin("com.github.sbt" % "sbt-ci-release" % "1.6.0")
+addSbtPlugin("com.github.sbt" % "sbt-ci-release" % "1.6.1")
 addSbtPlugin("com.typesafe" % "sbt-mima-plugin" % "1.1.4")
 
 // Scala Native support