diff --git a/mlir/lib/Target/SPIRV/Deserialization/Deserializer.cpp b/mlir/lib/Target/SPIRV/Deserialization/Deserializer.cpp
index 88931b53a6889..33cac1663deb1 100644
--- a/mlir/lib/Target/SPIRV/Deserialization/Deserializer.cpp
+++ b/mlir/lib/Target/SPIRV/Deserialization/Deserializer.cpp
@@ -138,6 +138,7 @@ LogicalResult spirv::Deserializer::processHeader() {
       MIN_VERSION_CASE(3);
       MIN_VERSION_CASE(4);
       MIN_VERSION_CASE(5);
+      MIN_VERSION_CASE(6);
 #undef MIN_VERSION_CASE
     default:
       return emitError(unknownLoc, "unsupported SPIR-V minor version: ")
diff --git a/mlir/test/Target/SPIRV/module.mlir b/mlir/test/Target/SPIRV/module.mlir
index 165412485a088..dcdcab8097e41 100644
--- a/mlir/test/Target/SPIRV/module.mlir
+++ b/mlir/test/Target/SPIRV/module.mlir
@@ -20,6 +20,12 @@ spirv.module Logical GLSL450 requires #spirv.vce<v1.5, [Shader], []> {
 
 // -----
 
+// CHECK: v1.6
+spirv.module Logical GLSL450 requires #spirv.vce<v1.6, [Shader, Linkage], []> {
+}
+
+// -----
+
 // CHECK: [Shader, Float16]
 spirv.module Logical GLSL450 requires #spirv.vce<v1.0, [Shader, Float16], []> {
 }