diff --git a/core/project/plugins.sbt b/core/project/plugins.sbt
index 44ac71836..5c0a459a7 100644
--- a/core/project/plugins.sbt
+++ b/core/project/plugins.sbt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ addSbtPlugin("de.heikoseeberger" % "sbt-header" % "5.8.0")
 
 // publishing
 addSbtPlugin("com.github.sbt" % "sbt-pgp" % "2.1.2")
-addSbtPlugin("org.xerial.sbt" % "sbt-sonatype" % "3.9.12")
+addSbtPlugin("org.xerial.sbt" % "sbt-sonatype" % "3.9.18")
 
 addSbtPlugin("com.github.sbt" % "sbt-unidoc" % "0.5.0")