diff --git a/project/plugins.sbt b/project/plugins.sbt
index cf12c3e4..aaa0981b 100644
--- a/project/plugins.sbt
+++ b/project/plugins.sbt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-addSbtPlugin("com.github.sbt"    % "sbt-ci-release" % "1.5.12")
+addSbtPlugin("com.github.sbt"    % "sbt-ci-release" % "1.6.0")
 addSbtPlugin("de.heikoseeberger" % "sbt-header"     % "5.10.0")
 addSbtPlugin("org.scoverage"     % "sbt-scoverage"  % "2.1.0")
 addSbtPlugin("org.scalameta"     % "sbt-scalafmt"   % "2.5.2")