# Nomad Upgrade Path

**URL:** <https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/nomad-upgrade-path/46854>\
**Category:** Nomad\
**Created:** [November 14, 2022, 12:42pm UTC](https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/nomad-upgrade-path/46854 "2022-11-14T12:42:15Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![dirk](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/hashicorp/user_avatar/discuss.hashicorp.com/dirk/32/24023_2.png) [@dirk](https://discuss.hashicorp.com/u/dirk)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2022, 12:42pm UTC](https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/nomad-upgrade-path/46854/1 "2022-11-14T12:42:15Z")

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Hello all!  
I’m searching for an upgrade path for Nomad but can’t find an easy description. Maybe i missunderstand the Upgrade Guide at some point:

> Nomad strives to be backward compatible for at least 1 point release, so Nomad v0.10 hosts work with v0.9 hosts. Upgrading 2 point releases (eg v0.8 to v0.10) may work but is untested and unsupported.

Because version changed in the past from 0.12.x to 1.0.x and the docs says “0.9 → 0.10 works” (which is one point release), i don’t know if upgrading from version 1.1.5 to e.g. 1.2.14 is supported. Further more, due to active development in the 1.1.x tree i don’t know if these versions are compatible with the latest versions in the 1.2.x (1.3.x, 1.4.x) tree.

I then thought to order the releases by release date, so i update from:  
1.1.1 → 1.1.2  
1.1.2 → 1.1.3  
…  
1.1.5 → 1.2.0  
… and so on till latest 1.4.x release

Or should i only update from  
1.1.1 → 1.1.18  
1.1.18 → 1.2.14  
1.2.14 → 1.3.7  
1.3.7 → 1.4.x ?

I’m confused, can anyone help me?

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**Author:** ![runeron](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/hashicorp/user_avatar/discuss.hashicorp.com/runeron/32/19832_2.png) [@runeron](https://discuss.hashicorp.com/u/runeron)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2022, 8:27am UTC](https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/nomad-upgrade-path/46854/2 "2022-11-16T08:27:46Z")

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I would check the info for your version on this page, before performing upgrades or deciding on how many versions to upgrade each step:

> **[Upgrade Guides | Nomad | HashiCorp Developer](https://developer.hashicorp.com/nomad/docs/upgrade/upgrade-specific)**
>
> Specific versions of Nomad may have additional information about the upgrade
> process beyond the standard flow.