diff --git a/project/plugins.sbt b/project/plugins.sbt
index eded28f3..e04c4b94 100644
--- a/project/plugins.sbt
+++ b/project/plugins.sbt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ addSbtPlugin("com.47deg" % "sbt-microsites" % "1.4.4")
 addSbtPlugin("com.eed3si9n" % "sbt-buildinfo" % "0.11.0")
 addSbtPlugin("com.github.eikek" % "sbt-openapi-schema" % "0.11.0")
 addSbtPlugin("com.github.sbt" % "sbt-pgp" % "2.2.1")
-addSbtPlugin("com.github.sbt" % "sbt-release" % "1.1.0")
+addSbtPlugin("com.github.sbt" % "sbt-release" % "1.3.0")
 //addSbtPlugin("com.github.sbt" % "sbt-git" % "2.0.0") //unfortunately, sbt-microsite pulls in a very old version, not compatible
 addSbtPlugin("com.github.sbt" % "sbt-native-packager" % "1.9.9")
 addSbtPlugin("io.spray" % "sbt-revolver" % "0.10.0")