diff --git a/jsonnet/kube-prometheus/kube-state-metrics/kube-state-metrics.libsonnet b/jsonnet/kube-prometheus/kube-state-metrics/kube-state-metrics.libsonnet
index 0e981974..d20ac609 100644
--- a/jsonnet/kube-prometheus/kube-state-metrics/kube-state-metrics.libsonnet
+++ b/jsonnet/kube-prometheus/kube-state-metrics/kube-state-metrics.libsonnet
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ local k = import 'ksonnet/ksonnet.beta.4/k.libsonnet';
     },
 
     versions+:: {
-      kubeStateMetrics: 'v1.5.0',
+      kubeStateMetrics: 'v1.6.0',
       kubeRbacProxy: 'v0.4.1',
       addonResizer: '1.8.4',
     },