Updating/Upgrading to Magento 2.1.0 (via composer)

composer require magento/product-community-edition 2.1.0 --no-update

composer update

rm -rf var/di var/generation

sudo chmod -R 777 var/

php bin/magento cache:clean

php bin/magento cache:flush

php bin/magento setup:upgrade

php bin/magento setup:di:compile

php bin/magento indexer:reindex

 

After upgrade, check your Magento version with the following command:

 

php bin/magento --version

 

Magento CLI version 2.1.0