diff --git a/project/plugins.sbt b/project/plugins.sbt
index f14cf73..ff7732f 100644
--- a/project/plugins.sbt
+++ b/project/plugins.sbt
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-addSbtPlugin("com.github.sbt" % "sbt-ci-release" % "1.6.0")
+addSbtPlugin("com.github.sbt" % "sbt-ci-release" % "1.6.1")
 addSbtPlugin("io.github.nafg.mergify" % "sbt-mergify-github-actions" % "0.8.2")
 libraryDependencies += "io.github.nafg.scalac-options" %% "scalac-options" % "0.3.0"