diff --git a/project/plugins.sbt b/project/plugins.sbt
index e62b4e07..fff65db1 100644
--- a/project/plugins.sbt
+++ b/project/plugins.sbt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 addSbtPlugin("com.eed3si9n"       % "sbt-buildinfo"                 % "0.12.0")
-addSbtPlugin("com.github.sbt"     % "sbt-ci-release"                % "1.5.11")
+addSbtPlugin("com.github.sbt"     % "sbt-ci-release"                % "1.6.0")
 addSbtPlugin("com.github.cb372"   % "sbt-explicit-dependencies"     % "0.3.1")
 addSbtPlugin("com.typesafe"       % "sbt-mima-plugin"               % "1.1.1")
 addSbtPlugin("de.heikoseeberger"  % "sbt-header"                    % "5.10.0")