diff --git a/project/Release.scala b/project/Release.scala
index 911ecb3c1..f648a9a73 100644
--- a/project/Release.scala
+++ b/project/Release.scala
@@ -205,10 +205,12 @@ object Release {
     val baseDir = Project.extract(state).get(baseDirectory.in(ThisBuild))
     val pluginsSbtFile = baseDir / "project" / "plugins.sbt"
     val projectPluginsSbtFile = baseDir / "project" / "project" / "plugins.sbt"
+    val projectProjectPluginsSbtFile = baseDir / "project" / "project" / "project" / "plugins.sbt"
 
     val files = Seq(
       pluginsSbtFile,
-      projectPluginsSbtFile
+      projectPluginsSbtFile,
+      projectProjectPluginsSbtFile
     )
 
     for (f <- files) {
diff --git a/project/project/plugins.sbt b/project/project/plugins.sbt
index e16dcc4f4..728662586 100644
--- a/project/project/plugins.sbt
+++ b/project/project/plugins.sbt
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 addSbtPlugin("io.get-coursier" % "sbt-coursier" % coursierVersion)
+addSbtPlugin("com.timushev.sbt" % "sbt-updates" % "0.3.0")
 
 // important: this line is matched / substituted during releases (via sbt-release)
 def coursierVersion = "1.0.0-RC3"
diff --git a/project/project/project/plugins.sbt b/project/project/project/plugins.sbt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e16dcc4f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/project/project/project/plugins.sbt
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+addSbtPlugin("io.get-coursier" % "sbt-coursier" % coursierVersion)
+
+// important: this line is matched / substituted during releases (via sbt-release)
+def coursierVersion = "1.0.0-RC3"
+
+// required for just released things
+resolvers += Resolver.sonatypeRepo("releases")