diff --git a/project/plugins.sbt b/project/plugins.sbt
index b443a287b6..1a5b48ae72 100644
--- a/project/plugins.sbt
+++ b/project/plugins.sbt
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ addSbtPlugin("org.scalameta" % "sbt-scalafmt" % "2.5.2")
 
 addSbtPlugin("com.lightbend" % "sbt-google-cloud-storage" % "0.0.10")
 
-addSbtPlugin("com.github.sbt" % "sbt-release" % "1.1.0")
+addSbtPlugin("com.github.sbt" % "sbt-release" % "1.4.0")
 
 addSbtPlugin("org.xerial.sbt" % "sbt-sonatype" % "3.10.0")