diff --git a/project/plugins.sbt b/project/plugins.sbt
index 1f2dc35..782a6dc 100644
--- a/project/plugins.sbt
+++ b/project/plugins.sbt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ libraryDependencies += { "org.scala-sbt" %% "scripted-plugin" % sbtVersion.value
 // add the below dependencies in the template build, so that Scala Steward can update versions in the giter8 template
 addSbtPlugin("com.vmunier"               % "sbt-web-scalajs"           % "1.2.0")
 addSbtPlugin("org.scala-js"              % "sbt-scalajs"               % "1.13.2")
-addSbtPlugin("com.typesafe.play"         % "sbt-plugin"                % "2.8.19")
+addSbtPlugin("com.typesafe.play"         % "sbt-plugin"                % "2.9.0")
 addSbtPlugin("org.portable-scala"        % "sbt-scalajs-crossproject"  % "1.3.2")
 addSbtPlugin("com.typesafe.sbt"          % "sbt-gzip"                  % "1.0.2")
 addSbtPlugin("com.typesafe.sbt"          % "sbt-digest"                % "1.1.4")
diff --git a/src/main/g8/project/plugins.sbt b/src/main/g8/project/plugins.sbt
index 1a7021e..afac402 100644
--- a/src/main/g8/project/plugins.sbt
+++ b/src/main/g8/project/plugins.sbt
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ logLevel := Level.Warn
 
 addSbtPlugin("com.vmunier"               % "sbt-web-scalajs"           % "1.2.0")
 addSbtPlugin("org.scala-js"              % "sbt-scalajs"               % "1.13.2")
-addSbtPlugin("com.typesafe.play"         % "sbt-plugin"                % "2.8.19")
+addSbtPlugin("com.typesafe.play"         % "sbt-plugin"                % "2.9.0")
 addSbtPlugin("org.portable-scala"        % "sbt-scalajs-crossproject"  % "1.3.2")
 addSbtPlugin("com.typesafe.sbt"          % "sbt-gzip"                  % "1.0.2")
 addSbtPlugin("com.typesafe.sbt"          % "sbt-digest"                % "1.1.4")