diff --git a/plugin/pom.xml b/plugin/pom.xml
index 715d1e4062..be33412464 100644
--- a/plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/plugin/pom.xml
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
     <folder.version>6.16</folder.version>
     <scm-api.version>2.6.4</scm-api.version>
     <checks-api.version>1.7.2</checks-api.version>
-    <credentials.version>2.5</credentials.version>
+    <credentials.version>2.6.1</credentials.version>
 
     <!-- Maven Surefire ArgLine -->
     <argLine>-Djava.awt.headless=true -Xmx1024m -Djenkins.test.timeout=1000</argLine>