diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 3f4e2235f7c..22a2062eb4f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -741,7 +741,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.conveyal</groupId>
             <artifactId>kryo-tools</artifactId>
-            <version>1.5.0</version>
+            <version>1.6.0</version>
         </dependency>
         <!-- kryo serializers for Guava types !-->
         <dependency>