diff --git a/project/plugins.sbt b/project/plugins.sbt
index f1624c8..3febf2f 100644
--- a/project/plugins.sbt
+++ b/project/plugins.sbt
@@ -8,6 +8,6 @@ addSbtPlugin("com.github.gseitz" % "sbt-release" % "1.0.11")
 
 addSbtPlugin("com.typesafe" % "sbt-mima-plugin" % "0.6.0")
 
-addSbtPlugin("org.xerial.sbt" % "sbt-sonatype" % "3.8")
+addSbtPlugin("org.xerial.sbt" % "sbt-sonatype" % "3.9.6")
 
 addSbtPlugin("com.jsuereth" % "sbt-pgp" % "1.1.2-1")