diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 897b4aa2..b837bf8f 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ scala:
 
 env:
   - ADOPTOPENJDK=8     SCALAJS_VERSION=       CACHE_WORKAROUND=see-PR-335
-  - ADOPTOPENJDK=8     SCALAJS_VERSION=1.5.1  CACHE_WORKAROUND=see-PR-335
+  - ADOPTOPENJDK=8     SCALAJS_VERSION=1.6.0  CACHE_WORKAROUND=see-PR-335
   - ADOPTOPENJDK=11    SCALAJS_VERSION=       CACHE_WORKAROUND=see-PR-335
 
 matrix:
diff --git a/project/plugins.sbt b/project/plugins.sbt
index e0f9a304..c70d8fc7 100644
--- a/project/plugins.sbt
+++ b/project/plugins.sbt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 val scalaJSVersion =
-  Option(System.getenv("SCALAJS_VERSION")).filter(_.nonEmpty).getOrElse("1.5.1")
+  Option(System.getenv("SCALAJS_VERSION")).filter(_.nonEmpty).getOrElse("1.6.0")
 
 val scalaNativeVersion =
   Option(System.getenv("SCALANATIVE_VERSION")).filter(_.nonEmpty).getOrElse("0.4.0")