diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 2d4376938..045a19b36 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ buildscript {
 }
 
 plugins {
-    id("io.gitlab.arturbosch.detekt").version("1.0.0-RC16")
+    id("io.gitlab.arturbosch.detekt").version("1.6.0")
 }
 
 allprojects {
@@ -48,10 +48,9 @@ task clean(type: Delete) {
 
 detekt {
     // The version number is duplicated, please refer to plugins block for more details
-    version = "1.0.0-RC16"
+    version = "1.6.0"
     input = files("$projectDir/app/src")
     config = files("$projectDir/config/detekt.yml")
-    filters = ".*test.*,.*/resources/.*,.*/tmp/.*"
 
     reports {
         html {
@@ -80,3 +79,9 @@ task ktlint(type: JavaExec, group: "verification") {
     main = "com.pinterest.ktlint.Main"
     args "app/src/**/*.kt"
 }
+
+tasks.withType(io.gitlab.arturbosch.detekt.Detekt.class) {
+    exclude("**/resources/**")
+    exclude("**/test/**")
+    exclude("**/tmp/**")
+}
diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/java/Dependencies.kt b/buildSrc/src/main/java/Dependencies.kt
index ff8beeb2c..60ec16af8 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/java/Dependencies.kt
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/java/Dependencies.kt
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ object Versions {
     const val leanplum = "5.2.3"
     const val osslicenses_plugin = "0.9.5"
     const val osslicenses_library = "17.0.0"
-    const val detekt = "1.0.0-RC16"
+    const val detekt = "1.6.0"
 
     const val androidx_appcompat = "1.2.0-alpha03"
     const val androidx_biometric = "1.0.1"
diff --git a/config/detekt.yml b/config/detekt.yml
index 7bb1fe487..99697f9c5 100644
--- a/config/detekt.yml
+++ b/config/detekt.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-autoCorrect: true
-failFast: false
-
 build:
   maxIssues: 0
   weights:
@@ -27,7 +24,7 @@ console-reports:
   #  - 'FindingsReport'
   #  - 'BuildFailureReport'
 
-output-reports:
+console-reports:
   active: true
   exclude:
   #  - 'HtmlOutputReport'
@@ -64,7 +61,7 @@ complexity:
     includeStaticDeclarations: false
   ComplexMethod:
     active: true
-    threshold: 10
+    threshold: 15
     ignoreSingleWhenExpression: true
   LabeledExpression:
     active: false
@@ -193,6 +190,9 @@ exceptions:
      - Throwable
      - RuntimeException
 
+formatting:
+  autoCorrect: true
+
 naming:
   active: true
   ClassNaming:
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ naming:
     active: true
   MemberNameEqualsClassName:
     active: false
-    ignoreOverriddenFunction: true
+    ignoreOverridden: true
   ObjectPropertyNaming:
     active: true
     propertyPattern: '[A-Za-z][_A-Za-z0-9]*'
diff --git a/mozilla-detekt-rules/src/main/java/org/mozilla/fenix/detektrules/CustomRulesetConsoleReport.kt b/mozilla-detekt-rules/src/main/java/org/mozilla/fenix/detektrules/CustomRulesetConsoleReport.kt
index 1ee6cebfc..8bd04971b 100644
--- a/mozilla-detekt-rules/src/main/java/org/mozilla/fenix/detektrules/CustomRulesetConsoleReport.kt
+++ b/mozilla-detekt-rules/src/main/java/org/mozilla/fenix/detektrules/CustomRulesetConsoleReport.kt
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import io.gitlab.arturbosch.detekt.api.ConsoleReport
 import io.gitlab.arturbosch.detekt.api.Detektion
 
 class CustomRulesetConsoleReport : ConsoleReport() {
+    @Suppress("DEPRECATION")
     override fun render(detektion: Detektion): String? {
         return detektion.findings["mozilla-detekt-rules"]?.fold("") { output, finding ->
             output + finding.locationAsString + ": " + finding.messageOrDescription()