diff --git a/project/Release.scala b/project/Release.scala
index 7e68e2216..e245b7574 100644
--- a/project/Release.scala
+++ b/project/Release.scala
@@ -390,6 +390,7 @@ object Release {
       updateScripts,
       updateLaunchers,
       updateTutReadme,
+      releaseStepCommand(s"++${Settings.scala211}"),
       releaseStepCommand("tut"),
       stageReadme,
       updatePluginsSbt,