diff --git a/build.sbt b/build.sbt
index d768724f28..c8b69eaa5e 100644
--- a/build.sbt
+++ b/build.sbt
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import microsites._
-import sbtunidoc.Plugin.UnidocKeys._
 import ReleaseTransformations._
 import scala.xml.transform.{RewriteRule, RuleTransformer}
 import org.scalajs.sbtplugin.cross.CrossProject
@@ -178,10 +177,10 @@ lazy val docSettings = Seq(
 
 lazy val docs = project
   .enablePlugins(MicrositesPlugin)
+  .enablePlugins(ScalaUnidocPlugin)
   .settings(moduleName := "cats-docs")
   .settings(catsSettings)
   .settings(noPublishSettings)
-  .settings(unidocSettings)
   .settings(docSettings)
   .settings(commonJvmSettings)
   .dependsOn(coreJVM, freeJVM)
diff --git a/project/plugins.sbt b/project/plugins.sbt
index 912406d822..9e7c73255e 100644
--- a/project/plugins.sbt
+++ b/project/plugins.sbt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 addSbtPlugin("io.get-coursier"     % "sbt-coursier"          % "1.0.0-RC10")
-addSbtPlugin("com.eed3si9n"        % "sbt-unidoc"            % "0.3.3")
+addSbtPlugin("com.eed3si9n"        % "sbt-unidoc"            % "0.4.1")
 addSbtPlugin("com.github.gseitz"   % "sbt-release"           % "1.0.5")
 addSbtPlugin("com.jsuereth"        % "sbt-pgp"               % "1.1.0-M1")
 addSbtPlugin("com.typesafe"        % "sbt-mima-plugin"       % "0.1.17")