diff --git a/project/plugins.sbt b/project/plugins.sbt
index 521ea7c..2865468 100644
--- a/project/plugins.sbt
+++ b/project/plugins.sbt
@@ -8,6 +8,6 @@ addSbtPlugin("org.scoverage" % "sbt-coveralls" % "1.3.11")
 
 addSbtPlugin("com.artima.supersafe" % "sbtplugin" % "1.1.12")
 
-addSbtPlugin("com.github.sbt" % "sbt-ci-release" % "1.5.12")
+addSbtPlugin("com.github.sbt" % "sbt-ci-release" % "1.6.1")
 
 addSbtPlugin("ch.epfl.scala" % "sbt-scalafix" % "0.11.1")