diff --git a/project/plugins.sbt b/project/plugins.sbt
index a836fee5..73579af5 100644
--- a/project/plugins.sbt
+++ b/project/plugins.sbt
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ addSbtPlugin("org.scoverage" % "sbt-scoverage" % "2.2.2")
 addSbtPlugin("org.scoverage" % "sbt-coveralls" % "1.3.13")
 
 // release
-addSbtPlugin("com.github.sbt" % "sbt-ci-release" % "1.7.0")
+addSbtPlugin("com.github.sbt" % "sbt-ci-release" % "1.8.0")
 
 addSbtPlugin("pl.project13.scala" % "sbt-jmh" % "0.4.7")