diff --git a/project/plugins.sbt b/project/plugins.sbt
index c8efb3f63..dd24863e3 100755
--- a/project/plugins.sbt
+++ b/project/plugins.sbt
@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@ logLevel := Level.Warn
 
 addSbtPlugin("com.timushev.sbt" % "sbt-updates" % "0.6.4")
 
-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" % "2.5.2")