diff --git a/project/plugins.sbt b/project/plugins.sbt
index f28cee1bdb..64b9703b46 100644
--- a/project/plugins.sbt
+++ b/project/plugins.sbt
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ addSbtPlugin("com.lightbend.akka" % "sbt-paradox-akka" % "0.51")
 addSbtPlugin("de.heikoseeberger" % "sbt-header" % "5.9.0")
 addSbtPlugin("net.bzzt" % "sbt-reproducible-builds" % "0.31")
 addSbtPlugin("ch.epfl.scala" % "sbt-scalafix" % "0.10.4")
-addSbtPlugin("com.github.sbt" % "sbt-ci-release" % "1.5.11")
+addSbtPlugin("com.github.sbt" % "sbt-ci-release" % "1.5.12")
 
 // used in ValidatePullRequest to check github PR comments whether to build all subprojects
 libraryDependencies += "org.kohsuke" % "github-api" % "1.315"