diff --git a/project/plugins.sbt b/project/plugins.sbt
index 8e903f1..c51b065 100644
--- a/project/plugins.sbt
+++ b/project/plugins.sbt
@@ -5,6 +5,6 @@ addSbtPlugin("org.typelevel" % "sbt-tpolecat" % "0.5.2")
 
 addSbtPlugin("com.github.sbt" % "sbt-git" % "2.0.1")
 
-addSbtPlugin("com.github.sbt" % "sbt-ci-release" % "1.6.0")
+addSbtPlugin("com.github.sbt" % "sbt-ci-release" % "1.6.1")
 
 addSbtPlugin("com.thoughtworks.sbt-scala-js-map" % "sbt-scala-js-map" % "4.1.1")