diff --git a/project/plugins.sbt b/project/plugins.sbt
index 9ffcc24c4..39c2458a6 100644
--- a/project/plugins.sbt
+++ b/project/plugins.sbt
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 resolvers ++= DefaultOptions.resolvers(snapshot = true)
 resolvers += Resolver.typesafeRepo("releases")
 
-addSbtPlugin("com.typesafe.play" % "play-docs-sbt-plugin" % sys.props.getOrElse("play.version", "2.9.0-M2"))
+addSbtPlugin("com.typesafe.play" % "play-docs-sbt-plugin" % sys.props.getOrElse("play.version", "2.9.0-M4"))
 
 addSbtPlugin("pl.project13.scala" % "sbt-jmh" % "0.4.4")