diff --git a/project/plugins.sbt b/project/plugins.sbt
index 828fafac4..0019d539e 100644
--- a/project/plugins.sbt
+++ b/project/plugins.sbt
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ addSbtPlugin("org.scalameta" % "sbt-scalafmt" % "2.4.6")
 
 addSbtPlugin("com.eed3si9n" % "sbt-buildinfo" % "0.11.0")
 
-addSbtPlugin("com.github.sbt" % "sbt-release" % "1.1.0")
+addSbtPlugin("com.github.sbt" % "sbt-release" % "1.4.0")
 
 addSbtPlugin("de.heikoseeberger" % "sbt-header" % "5.8.0")