diff --git a/project/plugins.sbt b/project/plugins.sbt
index 1729da9..0848b82 100644
--- a/project/plugins.sbt
+++ b/project/plugins.sbt
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-addSbtPlugin("com.github.sbt" % "sbt-ci-release" % "1.5.12")
+addSbtPlugin("com.github.sbt" % "sbt-ci-release" % "1.6.1")
 addSbtPlugin("org.typelevel" % "sbt-tpolecat" % "0.5.0")
 addSbtPlugin("com.github.sbt" % "sbt-github-actions" % "0.24.0")