diff --git a/project/plugins.sbt b/project/plugins.sbt
index 5e1e64a6..b113b1f8 100644
--- a/project/plugins.sbt
+++ b/project/plugins.sbt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 addSbtPlugin("com.jsuereth" % "sbt-pgp" % "1.1.2")
-addSbtPlugin("com.github.sbt" % "sbt-release" % "1.1.0")
+addSbtPlugin("com.github.sbt" % "sbt-release" % "1.4.0")
 addSbtPlugin("org.xerial.sbt" % "sbt-sonatype" % "2.5")
 
 addSbtPlugin("com.eed3si9n" % "sbt-assembly" % "1.1.0")