diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index fa6034d2..15683deb 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ Complete setup documentation and the current `scalafix` version can be found in
 
 ## Versions
 
+Release [1.8.1](https://github.com/ekrich/sconfig/releases/tag/v1.8.1) - (2024-11-05)<br/>
 Release [1.8.0](https://github.com/ekrich/sconfig/releases/tag/v1.8.0) - (2024-11-05)<br/>
 Release [1.7.0](https://github.com/ekrich/sconfig/releases/tag/v1.7.0) - (2023-04-16)<br/>
 Release [1.6.0](https://github.com/ekrich/sconfig/releases/tag/v1.6.0) - (2023-12-28)<br/>
diff --git a/build.sbt b/build.sbt
index 9029a572..849f3f46 100644
--- a/build.sbt
+++ b/build.sbt
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ addCommandAlias(
   ).mkString(";", ";", "")
 )
 
-val prevVersion = "1.6.0"
-val nextVersion = "1.7.0"
+val prevVersion = "1.8.0"
+val nextVersion = "1.9.0"
 
 // stable snapshot is not great for publish local
 def versionFmt(out: sbtdynver.GitDescribeOutput): String = {
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ val isScala3 = Def.setting {
   }
 }
 
-val scala212 = "2.12.19"
+val scala212 = "2.12.20"
 val scala213 = "2.13.15"
 val scala3 = "3.3.4"
 
diff --git a/project/build.properties b/project/build.properties
index 0b699c30..db1723b0 100644
--- a/project/build.properties
+++ b/project/build.properties
@@ -1 +1 @@
-sbt.version=1.10.2
+sbt.version=1.10.5
diff --git a/project/plugins.sbt b/project/plugins.sbt
index 00247df8..3c3100b4 100644
--- a/project/plugins.sbt
+++ b/project/plugins.sbt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ val scalaNativeVersion = "0.5.5"
 val scalafix = "0.13.0"
 
 // includes sbt-dynver sbt-pgp sbt-sonatype sbt-git
-addSbtPlugin("com.github.sbt" % "sbt-ci-release" % "1.6.1")
+addSbtPlugin("com.github.sbt" % "sbt-ci-release" % "1.9.0")
 addSbtPlugin("com.typesafe" % "sbt-mima-plugin" % "1.1.4")
 
 // Scala Native support