diff --git a/project/plugins.sbt b/project/plugins.sbt
index f4aeb70..3e34b5a 100644
--- a/project/plugins.sbt
+++ b/project/plugins.sbt
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ resolvers ++= Seq(
 )
 
 addSbtPlugin("org.scalameta" % "sbt-mdoc" % "2.2.21")
-addSbtPlugin("com.github.sbt" % "sbt-release" % "1.0.15")
+addSbtPlugin("com.github.sbt" % "sbt-release" % "1.4.0")
 addSbtPlugin("org.xerial.sbt" % "sbt-sonatype" % "3.9.7")
 addSbtPlugin("com.jsuereth" % "sbt-pgp" % "1.1.2")
 addSbtPlugin("org.scoverage" % "sbt-scoverage" % "1.7.0")