diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index a879c96dd5c4d93cf5a58abdf9e9653da414d40f..d1b160c71f7f917ec4a3431129b60d274db3011a 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@
     "drupal/shield": "1.1",
     "drupal/captcha": "1.0-beta1",
     "drupal/recaptcha": "2.2",
-    "drupal/search_api": "1.5",
+    "drupal/search_api": "1.6",
     "drupal/mailsystem": "4.1",
     "drupal/smtp": "1.0-beta3",
     "drupal/maxlength": "1.0-beta1",
diff --git a/drupal-org.make b/drupal-org.make
index 0e38c67861dc949151f71f0f6442220dc629c466..1adc0e910e48383f0e932570698630e248d1950d 100644
--- a/drupal-org.make
+++ b/drupal-org.make
@@ -396,7 +396,7 @@ projects[recaptcha][version] = 2.2
 ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
 
 projects[search_api][type] = module
-projects[search_api][version] = 1.5
+projects[search_api][version] = 1.6
 
 ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
 ;; Contrib modules for Varbase hero slider media