diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 40f2420e0..52affcbef 100755
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>net.openhft</groupId>
             <artifactId>stage-compiler</artifactId>
-            <version>1.5</version>
+            <version>1.6</version>
             <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>