diff --git a/project/plugins.sbt b/project/plugins.sbt
index 4916e75..6e096e7 100644
--- a/project/plugins.sbt
+++ b/project/plugins.sbt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ThisBuild / libraryDependencySchemes += "org.scala-lang.modules" %% "scala-xml" % VersionScheme.Always
 
 // needed for the tests (ci/checksourcemaps.sh)
-addSbtPlugin("org.foundweekends.giter8" % "sbt-giter8" % "0.17.0")
+addSbtPlugin("org.foundweekends.giter8" % "sbt-giter8" % "0.18.0")
 // needed to make sbt-giter8 work with SBT >= v1.2.x
 libraryDependencies += { "org.scala-sbt" %% "scripted-plugin" % sbtVersion.value }