diff --git a/project/build.properties b/project/build.properties
index 64cf32f7f..d6e35076c 100644
--- a/project/build.properties
+++ b/project/build.properties
@@ -1 +1 @@
-sbt.version=1.1.4
+sbt.version=1.1.6
diff --git a/project/plugins.sbt b/project/plugins.sbt
index f32aab9fb..e1c769a77 100644
--- a/project/plugins.sbt
+++ b/project/plugins.sbt
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-addSbtPlugin("org.scala-sbt" % "sbt-houserules" % "0.3.6")
+addSbtPlugin("org.scala-sbt" % "sbt-houserules" % "0.3.7")
 addSbtPlugin("org.scala-sbt" % "sbt-contraband" % "0.4.0")
 addSbtPlugin("com.lightbend" % "sbt-whitesource" % "0.1.9")