diff --git a/project/plugins.sbt b/project/plugins.sbt
index 7bcc46b..71edc76 100644
--- a/project/plugins.sbt
+++ b/project/plugins.sbt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-addSbtPlugin("com.github.sbt" % "sbt-ci-release" % "1.5.12")
+addSbtPlugin("com.github.sbt" % "sbt-ci-release" % "1.6.1")
 
 addSbtPlugin("org.scoverage" %% "sbt-scoverage" % "2.1.0")