diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index acf299e..3b000b5 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ EXTENSION	= pgnodemx pg_proctab--0.0.10-compat
 else
 EXTENSION	= pgnodemx pg_proctab--0.0.10-compat pg_proctab
 endif
-DATA		= pgnodemx--1.0--1.1.sql pgnodemx--1.1--1.2.sql pgnodemx--1.2--1.3.sql pgnodemx--1.3--1.4.sql pgnodemx--1.4--1.5.sql pgnodemx--1.5.sql pg_proctab--0.0.10-compat.sql
+DATA		= pgnodemx--1.0--1.1.sql pgnodemx--1.1--1.2.sql pgnodemx--1.2--1.3.sql pgnodemx--1.3--1.4.sql pgnodemx--1.4--1.5.sql pgnodemx--1.5--1.6.sql pgnodemx--1.6.sql pg_proctab--0.0.10-compat.sql
 
 GHASH := $(shell git rev-parse --short HEAD)
 
diff --git a/pgnodemx--1.5--1.6.sql b/pgnodemx--1.5--1.6.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3014314
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pgnodemx--1.5--1.6.sql
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+-- No SQL code changes. This file is provided to allow extension update path to version 1.6.
diff --git a/pgnodemx--1.5.sql b/pgnodemx--1.6.sql
similarity index 99%
rename from pgnodemx--1.5.sql
rename to pgnodemx--1.6.sql
index cc0c42f..c0c6d07 100644
--- a/pgnodemx--1.5.sql
+++ b/pgnodemx--1.6.sql
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* pgnodemx--1.5.sql */
+/* pgnodemx--1.6.sql */
 
 -- complain if script is sourced in psql, rather than via CREATE EXTENSION
 \echo Use "CREATE EXTENSION pgnodemx" to load this file. \quit
diff --git a/pgnodemx.control b/pgnodemx.control
index 01fc9b0..f08b06f 100644
--- a/pgnodemx.control
+++ b/pgnodemx.control
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # pgnodemx extension
 comment = 'SQL functions that allow capture of node OS metrics from PostgreSQL'
-default_version = '1.5'
+default_version = '1.6'
 module_pathname = '$libdir/pgnodemx'
 relocatable = true