diff --git a/project/Publish.scala b/project/Publish.scala
index 5edea1d3d8..c32ba33e84 100644
--- a/project/Publish.scala
+++ b/project/Publish.scala
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ import sbt._
 import sbt.Keys._
 import com.lightbend.sbt.publishrsync.PublishRsyncPlugin.autoImport.publishRsyncHost
 import org.mdedetrich.apache.sonatype.SonatypeApachePlugin
+import sbtdynver.DynVerPlugin
+import sbtdynver.DynVerPlugin.autoImport.dynverSonatypeSnapshots
 
 object Publish extends AutoPlugin {
 
@@ -32,7 +34,10 @@ object Publish extends AutoPlugin {
         "dev@pekko.apache.org",
         url("https://github.com/apache/incubator-pekko/graphs/contributors"))))
 
-  override def requires = SonatypeApachePlugin
+  override lazy val buildSettings = Seq(
+    dynverSonatypeSnapshots := true)
+
+  override def requires = SonatypeApachePlugin && DynVerPlugin
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/project/plugins.sbt b/project/plugins.sbt
index fbda4ab4a6..f92d8e9fc5 100644
--- a/project/plugins.sbt
+++ b/project/plugins.sbt
@@ -17,10 +17,10 @@ addSbtPlugin("de.heikoseeberger" % "sbt-header" % "5.7.0")
 addSbtPlugin("com.hpe.sbt" % "sbt-pull-request-validator" % "1.0.0")
 addSbtPlugin("net.bzzt" % "sbt-reproducible-builds" % "0.30")
 
-addSbtPlugin("com.github.sbt" % "sbt-ci-release" % "1.5.10")
+addSbtPlugin("com.dwijnand" % "sbt-dynver" % "4.1.1")
 addSbtPlugin("com.lightbend.sbt" % "sbt-publish-rsync" % "0.2")
 addSbtPlugin("com.github.pjfanning" % "sbt-source-dist" % "0.1.5")
-addSbtPlugin("org.mdedetrich" % "sbt-apache-sonatype" % "0.1.5")
+addSbtPlugin("org.mdedetrich" % "sbt-apache-sonatype" % "0.1.6")
 addSbtPlugin("com.github.reibitto" % "sbt-welcome" % "0.2.2")
 
 // allow access to snapshots for pekko-sbt-paradox