diff --git a/project/plugins.sbt b/project/plugins.sbt
index d787237ddc540..c25a25863d6ed 100644
--- a/project/plugins.sbt
+++ b/project/plugins.sbt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ addSbtPlugin("com.eed3si9n" % "sbt-assembly" % "0.10.2")
 
 addSbtPlugin("com.typesafe.sbteclipse" % "sbteclipse-plugin" % "2.2.0")
 
-addSbtPlugin("com.github.mpeltonen" % "sbt-idea" % "1.5.1")
+addSbtPlugin("com.github.mpeltonen" % "sbt-idea" % "1.6.0")
 
 // For Sonatype publishing
 //resolvers += Resolver.url("sbt-plugin-releases", new URL("http://scalasbt.artifactoryonline.com/scalasbt/sbt-plugin-releases/"))(Resolver.ivyStylePatterns)