diff --git a/cmd/geth/config.go b/cmd/geth/config.go
index 50e4de2e78..e6bd4d5bef 100644
--- a/cmd/geth/config.go
+++ b/cmd/geth/config.go
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/eth"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/node"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/params"
-	whisper "github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/whisper/whisperv5"
+	whisper "github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/whisper/whisperv6"
 	"github.com/naoina/toml"
 )
 
diff --git a/cmd/utils/flags.go b/cmd/utils/flags.go
index ff78a0fcc7..4f3d81f5d2 100644
--- a/cmd/utils/flags.go
+++ b/cmd/utils/flags.go
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/p2p/nat"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/p2p/netutil"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/params"
-	whisper "github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/whisper/whisperv5"
+	whisper "github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/whisper/whisperv6"
 	"gopkg.in/urfave/cli.v1"
 )
 
diff --git a/mobile/geth.go b/mobile/geth.go
index 7e3b8f4915..488a4150fc 100644
--- a/mobile/geth.go
+++ b/mobile/geth.go
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/p2p"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/p2p/nat"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/params"
-	whisper "github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/whisper/whisperv5"
+	whisper "github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/whisper/whisperv6"
 )
 
 // NodeConfig represents the collection of configuration values to fine tune the Geth
diff --git a/whisper/shhclient/client.go b/whisper/shhclient/client.go
index 61b4775d95..bbe694baaa 100644
--- a/whisper/shhclient/client.go
+++ b/whisper/shhclient/client.go
@@ -22,10 +22,10 @@ import (
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common/hexutil"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/rpc"
-	whisper "github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/whisper/whisperv5"
+	whisper "github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/whisper/whisperv6"
 )
 
-// Client defines typed wrappers for the Whisper v5 RPC API.
+// Client defines typed wrappers for the Whisper v6 RPC API.
 type Client struct {
 	c *rpc.Client
 }
@@ -168,27 +168,27 @@ func (sc *Client) Post(ctx context.Context, message whisper.NewMessage) error {
 // SubscribeMessages subscribes to messages that match the given criteria. This method
 // is only supported on bi-directional connections such as websockets and IPC.
 // NewMessageFilter uses polling and is supported over HTTP.
-func (ec *Client) SubscribeMessages(ctx context.Context, criteria whisper.Criteria, ch chan<- *whisper.Message) (ethereum.Subscription, error) {
-	return ec.c.ShhSubscribe(ctx, ch, "messages", criteria)
+func (sc *Client) SubscribeMessages(ctx context.Context, criteria whisper.Criteria, ch chan<- *whisper.Message) (ethereum.Subscription, error) {
+	return sc.c.ShhSubscribe(ctx, ch, "messages", criteria)
 }
 
 // NewMessageFilter creates a filter within the node. This filter can be used to poll
 // for new messages (see FilterMessages) that satisfy the given criteria. A filter can
 // timeout when it was polled for in whisper.filterTimeout.
-func (ec *Client) NewMessageFilter(ctx context.Context, criteria whisper.Criteria) (string, error) {
+func (sc *Client) NewMessageFilter(ctx context.Context, criteria whisper.Criteria) (string, error) {
 	var id string
-	return id, ec.c.CallContext(ctx, &id, "shh_newMessageFilter", criteria)
+	return id, sc.c.CallContext(ctx, &id, "shh_newMessageFilter", criteria)
 }
 
 // DeleteMessageFilter removes the filter associated with the given id.
-func (ec *Client) DeleteMessageFilter(ctx context.Context, id string) error {
+func (sc *Client) DeleteMessageFilter(ctx context.Context, id string) error {
 	var ignored bool
-	return ec.c.CallContext(ctx, &ignored, "shh_deleteMessageFilter", id)
+	return sc.c.CallContext(ctx, &ignored, "shh_deleteMessageFilter", id)
 }
 
 // FilterMessages retrieves all messages that are received between the last call to
 // this function and match the criteria that where given when the filter was created.
-func (ec *Client) FilterMessages(ctx context.Context, id string) ([]*whisper.Message, error) {
+func (sc *Client) FilterMessages(ctx context.Context, id string) ([]*whisper.Message, error) {
 	var messages []*whisper.Message
-	return messages, ec.c.CallContext(ctx, &messages, "shh_getFilterMessages", id)
+	return messages, sc.c.CallContext(ctx, &messages, "shh_getFilterMessages", id)
 }