diff --git a/lib/modules/manager/sbt/extract.spec.ts b/lib/modules/manager/sbt/extract.spec.ts
index 7bc496d9719714..12b766a5d25ff0 100644
--- a/lib/modules/manager/sbt/extract.spec.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/manager/sbt/extract.spec.ts
@@ -298,5 +298,21 @@ describe('modules/manager/sbt/extract', () => {
         packageFileVersion: undefined,
       });
     });
+
+    it('extract addCompilerPlugin', () => {
+      expect(
+        extractPackageFile(`
+        addCompilerPlugin("org.scala-tools.sxr" %% "sxr" % "0.3.0")
+        `)
+      ).toMatchObject({
+        deps: [
+          {
+            packageName: 'org.scala-tools.sxr:sxr',
+            currentValue: '0.3.0',
+          },
+        ],
+        packageFileVersion: undefined,
+      });
+    });
   });
 });
diff --git a/lib/modules/manager/sbt/extract.ts b/lib/modules/manager/sbt/extract.ts
index c0348282649d34..42227df4c0542f 100644
--- a/lib/modules/manager/sbt/extract.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/manager/sbt/extract.ts
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ const isDepsBegin = (str: string): boolean =>
   regEx(/^\s*(libraryDependencies|dependencyOverrides)\s*\+\+=\s*/).test(str);
 
 const isPluginDep = (str: string): boolean =>
-  regEx(/^\s*addSbtPlugin\s*\(.*\)\s*$/).test(str);
+  regEx(/^\s*(addSbtPlugin|addCompilerPlugin)\s*\(.*\)\s*$/).test(str);
 
 const isStringLiteral = (str: string): boolean => regEx(/^"[^"]*"$/).test(str);
 
@@ -292,7 +292,10 @@ function parseSbtLine(
       });
     } else if (isPluginDep(line)) {
       isMultiDeps = false;
-      const rightPart = line.replace(regEx(/^\s*addSbtPlugin\s*\(/), '');
+      const rightPart = line.replace(
+        regEx(/^\s*(addSbtPlugin|addCompilerPlugin)\s*\(/),
+        ''
+      );
       const depExpr = rightPart.replace(regEx(/\)\s*$/), '');
       dep = parseDepExpr(depExpr, {
         ...ctx,