diff --git a/project/plugins.sbt b/project/plugins.sbt
index bc07888..455f099 100644
--- a/project/plugins.sbt
+++ b/project/plugins.sbt
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-addSbtPlugin("com.github.sbt" % "sbt-ci-release" % "1.5.12")
+addSbtPlugin("com.github.sbt" % "sbt-ci-release" % "1.8.0")
 addSbtPlugin("org.scalameta"  % "sbt-scalafmt"   % "2.4.6")