diff --git a/project/plugins.sbt b/project/plugins.sbt
index 6a5e2e8..7406ed3 100644
--- a/project/plugins.sbt
+++ b/project/plugins.sbt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 addSbtPlugin("com.github.sbt" % "sbt-github-actions" % "0.23.0")
 
-addSbtPlugin("com.github.sbt" % "sbt-ci-release" % "1.5.12")
+addSbtPlugin("com.github.sbt" % "sbt-ci-release" % "1.6.1")
 
 addSbtPlugin("org.portable-scala" % "sbt-scalajs-crossproject" % "1.3.2")