diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 593dbd6..c898af7 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+## [0.5.0] - TBD
+- Upgrade to Telemetry SDK 0.6.1
+- Allow URI override to include or omit the full endpoint path component.
+
 ## [0.4.0] - 2020-04-01
 - Contributed: `NewRelicReporterFactory` by [Steven Schwell](https://github.com/sschwell)
 - Changed: update dropwizard-core version to 4.1.5
diff --git a/build.gradle.kts b/build.gradle.kts
index 408233b..8068663 100644
--- a/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/build.gradle.kts
@@ -33,9 +33,9 @@ googleJavaFormat {
 
 dependencies {
     api("io.dropwizard.metrics:metrics-core:4.1.5")
-    api("com.newrelic.telemetry:telemetry:0.4.0")
+    api("com.newrelic.telemetry:telemetry:0.6.1")
     implementation("io.dropwizard:dropwizard-metrics:2.0.5")
-    implementation("com.newrelic.telemetry:telemetry-http-okhttp:0.4.0")
+    implementation("com.newrelic.telemetry:telemetry-http-okhttp:0.6.1")
 
     testRuntimeOnly("org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter-engine:5.4.2")
     testRuntimeOnly("org.slf4j:slf4j-simple:1.7.26")
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 28198dc..b058dc9 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-releaseVersion = 0.4.1-SNAPSHOT
+releaseVersion = 0.5.0-SNAPSHOT
 
 # set this to true to enable using a local sonatype (for debugging publishing issues)
 # (start a local sonatype in docker with this command: $ docker run -d -p 8081:8081 --name nexus sonatype/nexus3)
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/codahale/metrics/newrelic/NewRelicReporterBuilder.java b/src/main/java/com/codahale/metrics/newrelic/NewRelicReporterBuilder.java
index 7582dad..20e94f1 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/codahale/metrics/newrelic/NewRelicReporterBuilder.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/codahale/metrics/newrelic/NewRelicReporterBuilder.java
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ public NewRelicReporter build() {
         filter,
         rateUnit,
         durationUnit,
-        new TelemetryClient(metricBatchSender, null),
+        new TelemetryClient(metricBatchSender, null, null, null),
         commonAttributes,
         histogramTransformer,
         gaugeTransformer,
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/codahale/metrics/newrelic/NewRelicReporterFactory.java b/src/main/java/com/codahale/metrics/newrelic/NewRelicReporterFactory.java
index 1a93168..fcacfc6 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/codahale/metrics/newrelic/NewRelicReporterFactory.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/codahale/metrics/newrelic/NewRelicReporterFactory.java
@@ -6,8 +6,10 @@
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonProperty;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonTypeName;
 import com.newrelic.telemetry.Attributes;
-import com.newrelic.telemetry.SimpleMetricBatchSender;
-import com.newrelic.telemetry.metrics.MetricBatchSenderBuilder;
+import com.newrelic.telemetry.MetricBatchSenderFactory;
+import com.newrelic.telemetry.OkHttpPoster;
+import com.newrelic.telemetry.SenderConfiguration;
+import com.newrelic.telemetry.metrics.MetricBatchSender;
 import io.dropwizard.metrics.BaseReporterFactory;
 import java.net.MalformedURLException;
 import java.net.URI;
@@ -30,15 +32,12 @@ public class NewRelicReporterFactory extends BaseReporterFactory {
   @Override
   @NotNull
   public ScheduledReporter build(final MetricRegistry registry) {
-    final MetricBatchSenderBuilder metricBatchSender = SimpleMetricBatchSender.builder(apiKey);
-    if (overrideUri != null) {
-      final URI uri = URI.create(overrideUri);
-      try {
-        metricBatchSender.uriOverride(uri);
-      } catch (MalformedURLException t) {
-        throw new IllegalArgumentException(t.getMessage(), t);
-      }
-    }
+    MetricBatchSenderFactory factory =
+        MetricBatchSenderFactory.fromHttpImplementation(OkHttpPoster::new);
+
+    SenderConfiguration.SenderConfigurationBuilder config = factory.configureWith(apiKey);
+    config = configureEndpoint(config);
+
     final Attributes attributes = new Attributes();
     if (commonAttributes != null) {
       for (final Map.Entry<String, Object> entry : commonAttributes.entrySet()) {
@@ -50,7 +49,8 @@ else if (entry.getValue() instanceof Boolean)
           attributes.put(entry.getKey(), (Boolean) entry.getValue());
       }
     }
-    return NewRelicReporterBuilder.forRegistry(registry, metricBatchSender.build())
+    MetricBatchSender metricBatchSender = MetricBatchSender.create(config.build());
+    return NewRelicReporterBuilder.forRegistry(registry, metricBatchSender)
         .durationUnit(getDurationUnit())
         .rateUnit(getRateUnit())
         .filter(getFilter())
@@ -58,4 +58,21 @@ else if (entry.getValue() instanceof Boolean)
         .disabledMetricAttributes(disabledMetricAttributes)
         .build();
   }
+
+  private SenderConfiguration.SenderConfigurationBuilder configureEndpoint(
+      SenderConfiguration.SenderConfigurationBuilder config) {
+    if (overrideUri == null) {
+      return config;
+    }
+    final URI uri = URI.create(overrideUri);
+    try {
+      String path = uri.getPath();
+      if (path == null || path.isEmpty()) {
+        return config.endpoint(uri.getScheme(), uri.getHost(), uri.getPort());
+      }
+      return config.endpointWithPath(uri.toURL());
+    } catch (MalformedURLException t) {
+      throw new IllegalArgumentException(t.getMessage(), t);
+    }
+  }
 }