diff --git a/project/plugins.sbt b/project/plugins.sbt
index faf5132e..9ab3b719 100644
--- a/project/plugins.sbt
+++ b/project/plugins.sbt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-addSbtPlugin("com.github.sbt" % "sbt-ci-release" % "1.5.12")
+addSbtPlugin("com.github.sbt" % "sbt-ci-release" % "1.8.0")
 
 addSbtPlugin("com.github.sbt" % "sbt-unidoc" % "0.5.0")