diff --git a/project/plugins.sbt b/project/plugins.sbt
index 089915a1..bb6449fe 100755
--- a/project/plugins.sbt
+++ b/project/plugins.sbt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-val SONATYPE_VERSION = sys.env.getOrElse("SONATYPE_VERSION", "3.9.6")
+val SONATYPE_VERSION = sys.env.getOrElse("SONATYPE_VERSION", "3.9.7")
 addSbtPlugin("com.github.sbt" % "sbt-release"  % "1.0.15")
 addSbtPlugin("org.xerial.sbt"    % "sbt-sonatype" % SONATYPE_VERSION)
 addSbtPlugin("com.github.sbt"      % "sbt-pgp"      % "2.1.2")