diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b5df468ffdf..185fd43593a 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.github.scijava</groupId>
     <artifactId>pom-scijava</artifactId>
-    <version>1.4</version>
+    <version>1.6</version>
   </parent>
 
   <groupId>loci</groupId>