diff --git a/project/plugins.sbt b/project/plugins.sbt
index c4cf61e567..ba9d356526 100644
--- a/project/plugins.sbt
+++ b/project/plugins.sbt
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ val scalaJsVersion = sys.env.get("SCALA_JS_VERSION").filter(_.trim.nonEmpty).get
 
 addSbtPlugin("com.eed3si9n" % "sbt-buildinfo" % "0.12.0")
 addSbtPlugin("com.github.sbt" % "sbt-unidoc" % "0.5.0")
-addSbtPlugin("com.github.sbt" % "sbt-release" % "1.3.0")
+addSbtPlugin("com.github.sbt" % "sbt-release" % "1.4.0")
 addSbtPlugin("com.github.sbt" % "sbt-pgp" % "2.2.1")
 addSbtPlugin("com.thoughtworks.sbt-api-mappings" % "sbt-api-mappings" % "3.0.2")
 addSbtPlugin("com.typesafe.sbt" % "sbt-osgi" % "0.9.6")