magento2 Upgrading Magento Upgrade Magento via Composer
Example
Check your current magento version
php bin/magento --version
Now Add the latest version to your composer.
composer require magento/product-community-edition 2.1.6 --no-update
Run Composer Update This will ask for the username and password take from your credentials from your marketplace account.
composer update
This will start process to start downloading and upgrading your magento
Finally Update you static content and remove var folder
rm -rf var/di var/generation
php bin/magento cache:flush
php bin/magento setup:upgrade
php bin/magento setup:di:compile
php bin/magento indexer:reindex
Recheck your magento version.
