diff --git a/.drone.yml b/.drone.yml
index 1881c62..daedb3d 100644
--- a/.drone.yml
+++ b/.drone.yml
@@ -25,12 +25,12 @@ steps:
   - name: unit-integration-tests
     image: maven:3-jdk-11
     environment:
-      VAULT_VERSION: 1.5.0
+      VAULT_VERSION: 1.6.0
     commands:
-      - curl -s -o vault_1.5.0_linux_amd64.zip https://releases.hashicorp.com/vault/1.5.0/vault_1.5.0_linux_amd64.zip
-      - curl -s https://releases.hashicorp.com/vault/1.5.0/vault_1.5.0_SHA256SUMS | grep linux_amd64 | sha256sum -c
-      - unzip vault_1.5.0_linux_amd64.zip
-      - rm vault_1.5.0_linux_amd64.zip
+      - curl -s -o vault_1.6.0_linux_amd64.zip https://releases.hashicorp.com/vault/1.6.0/vault_1.6.0_linux_amd64.zip
+      - curl -s https://releases.hashicorp.com/vault/1.6.0/vault_1.6.0_SHA256SUMS | grep linux_amd64 | sha256sum -c
+      - unzip vault_1.6.0_linux_amd64.zip
+      - rm vault_1.6.0_linux_amd64.zip
       - mv vault /bin/
       - mvn test
     when:
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 353e3e9..1a84e0d 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ stages:
   - Test
   - Analysis
 env:
-  - PATH=$PATH:. VAULT_VERSION=1.5.0
+  - PATH=$PATH:. VAULT_VERSION=1.6.0
 before_script:
   - |
     if [[ "$TRAVIS_BRANCH" =~ ^master|(release\/.+)$ ]]; then
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d1e19e8..8e1ec03 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ Java Vault Connector is a connector library for [Vault](https://www.vaultproject
     * SQL secret handling
     * KV v1 and v2 support
 * Connector Factory with builder pattern
-* Tested against Vault 1.5.0
+* Tested against Vault 1.6.0
 
 
 ## Maven Artifact
diff --git a/src/test/java/de/stklcode/jvault/connector/HTTPVaultConnectorTest.java b/src/test/java/de/stklcode/jvault/connector/HTTPVaultConnectorTest.java
index bfdaeab..511aa80 100644
--- a/src/test/java/de/stklcode/jvault/connector/HTTPVaultConnectorTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/de/stklcode/jvault/connector/HTTPVaultConnectorTest.java
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assumptions.assumeTrue;
  */
 @Tag("online")
 public class HTTPVaultConnectorTest {
-    private static String VAULT_VERSION = "1.5.0";  // the vault version this test is supposed to run against
+    private static String VAULT_VERSION = "1.6.0";  // the vault version this test is supposed to run against
     private static final String KEY1 = "E38bkCm0VhUvpdCKGQpcohhD9XmcHJ/2hreOSY019Lho";
     private static final String KEY2 = "O5OHwDleY3IiPdgw61cgHlhsrEm6tVJkrxhF6QAnILd1";
     private static final String KEY3 = "mw7Bm3nbt/UWa/juDjjL2EPQ04kiJ0saC5JEXwJvXYsB";