diff --git a/project/plugins.sbt b/project/plugins.sbt
index 0e1e5f47..e63af6f9 100644
--- a/project/plugins.sbt
+++ b/project/plugins.sbt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ addSbtPlugin("org.scala-js" % "sbt-scalajs" % "1.16.0")
 
 addSbtPlugin("ch.epfl.scala" % "sbt-scalajs-bundler" % "0.21.1")
 
-addSbtPlugin("com.github.sbt" % "sbt-ci-release" % "1.5.12")
+addSbtPlugin("com.github.sbt" % "sbt-ci-release" % "1.6.1")
 
 // sane scalac options
 addSbtPlugin("io.github.davidgregory084" % "sbt-tpolecat" % "0.3.1")