diff --git a/project/plugins.sbt b/project/plugins.sbt
index a9552ef8..8cb274a8 100644
--- a/project/plugins.sbt
+++ b/project/plugins.sbt
@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@ addSbtPlugin("com.typesafe.sbt"  % "sbt-site"       % "1.4.1")
 addSbtPlugin("com.novocode"      % "sbt-ornate"     % "0.6")
 addSbtPlugin("com.github.sbt"      % "sbt-unidoc"     % "0.5.0")
 addSbtPlugin("com.eed3si9n"      % "sbt-buildinfo"  % "0.11.0")
-addSbtPlugin("com.github.sbt"      % "sbt-ci-release" % "1.5.12")
+addSbtPlugin("com.github.sbt"      % "sbt-ci-release" % "1.6.1")
 
 ivyLoggingLevel in ThisBuild := UpdateLogging.Quiet