diff --git a/project/plugins.sbt b/project/plugins.sbt
index b2fa5bd0..05629f45 100644
--- a/project/plugins.sbt
+++ b/project/plugins.sbt
@@ -8,4 +8,4 @@ addSbtPlugin("org.scalameta"     % "sbt-scalafmt"    % "2.5.2")
 addSbtPlugin("com.typesafe"      % "sbt-mima-plugin" % "1.1.4")
 addSbtPlugin("de.heikoseeberger" % "sbt-header"      % "5.10.0")
 
-addSbtPlugin("com.github.sbt" % "sbt-ci-release" % "1.6.0")
+addSbtPlugin("com.github.sbt" % "sbt-ci-release" % "1.6.1")