diff --git a/build.sbt b/build.sbt
index e9630bb0f7..c6b7c3816b 100644
--- a/build.sbt
+++ b/build.sbt
@@ -8,22 +8,6 @@ Global / bspEnabled := false
 autoStartServer := false
 Global / excludeLintKeys += autoStartServer
 
-inThisBuild(
-  List(
-    organization := "org.scalablytyped.converter",
-    homepage := Some(url("https://github.com/ScalablyTyped/Converter")),
-    licenses := List("Apache-2.0" -> url("http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0")),
-    developers := List(
-      Developer(
-        "oyvindberg",
-        "Øyvind Raddum Berg",
-        "elacin@gmail.com",
-        url("https://github.com/oyvindberg")
-      ),
-    ),
-  ),
-)
-
 lazy val utils = project
   .configure(baseSettings)
   .settings(libraryDependencies ++= Seq(Deps.ammoniteOps, Deps.osLib, Deps.sourcecode) ++ Deps.circe)
@@ -131,15 +115,20 @@ lazy val root = project
 
 lazy val baseSettings: Project => Project =
   _.settings(
+    sonatypeCredentialHost := Sonatype.sonatype01,
+    organization := "org.scalablytyped",
     licenses += ("GPL-3.0", url("https://opensource.org/licenses/GPL-3.0")),
-    scalaVersion := "2.12.13",
-    scalacOptions ~= (_.filterNot(
-      Set(
-        "-Ywarn-unused:imports",
-        "-Ywarn-unused:params",
-        "-Xfatal-warnings",
+    homepage := Some(url("https://github.com/ScalablyTyped/Converter")),
+    developers := List(
+      Developer(
+        "oyvindberg",
+        "Øyvind Raddum Berg",
+        "elacin@gmail.com",
+        url("https://github.com/oyvindberg"),
       ),
-    )),
+    ),
+    scalaVersion := "2.12.13",
+    scalacOptions ~= (_.filterNot(Set("-Ywarn-unused:imports", "-Ywarn-unused:params", "-Xfatal-warnings"))),
     /* disable scaladoc */
     sources in (Compile, doc) := Nil,
   )
diff --git a/project/build.properties b/project/build.properties
index 7de0a9382f..dbae93bcfd 100644
--- a/project/build.properties
+++ b/project/build.properties
@@ -1 +1 @@
-sbt.version=1.4.4
+sbt.version=1.4.9
diff --git a/project/plugins.sbt b/project/plugins.sbt
index b5036bceed..cd5eb9724e 100644
--- a/project/plugins.sbt
+++ b/project/plugins.sbt
@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@ addSbtPlugin("org.scalameta" % "sbt-scalafmt" % "2.4.2")
 addSbtPlugin("com.eed3si9n" % "sbt-buildinfo" % "0.10.0")
 addSbtPlugin("ch.epfl.scala" % "sbt-bloop" % "1.4.8")
 addSbtPlugin("com.geirsson" % "sbt-ci-release" % "1.5.6")
+addSbtPlugin("org.xerial.sbt" % "sbt-sonatype" % "3.9.7") // remove on next release of sbt-ci-release