diff --git a/project/plugins.sbt b/project/plugins.sbt
index 81fe2d5c09..c4f3c5c4a4 100644
--- a/project/plugins.sbt
+++ b/project/plugins.sbt
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ addSbtPlugin("com.lightbend.akka" % "sbt-paradox-akka" % "0.57")
 addSbtPlugin("de.heikoseeberger" % "sbt-header" % "5.10.0")
 addSbtPlugin("net.bzzt" % "sbt-reproducible-builds" % "0.32")
 addSbtPlugin("ch.epfl.scala" % "sbt-scalafix" % "0.12.1")
-addSbtPlugin("com.github.sbt" % "sbt-ci-release" % "1.6.1")
+addSbtPlugin("com.github.sbt" % "sbt-ci-release" % "1.7.0")
 addSbtPlugin("com.github.sbt" % "sbt-pull-request-validator" % "2.0.0")
 
 // used for @unidoc directive