diff --git a/project/plugins.sbt b/project/plugins.sbt
index 314faf524..d9930cdb7 100644
--- a/project/plugins.sbt
+++ b/project/plugins.sbt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 addSbtPlugin("org.scala-debugger" % "sbt-jdi-tools" % "1.1.1")
 
 addSbtPlugin("org.scala-sbt" % "sbt-contraband" % "0.5.3")
-addSbtPlugin("com.github.sbt" % "sbt-ci-release" % "1.5.12")
+addSbtPlugin("com.github.sbt" % "sbt-ci-release" % "1.6.0")
 // force version to fix https://github.com/sbt/sbt-pgp/issues/199
 addSbtPlugin("com.github.sbt" % "sbt-pgp" % "2.2.1")
 addSbtPlugin("com.eed3si9n" % "sbt-buildinfo" % "0.12.0")