# Packer upgrade from v1.5.1 to v1.5.5

**URL:** <https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/packer-upgrade-from-v1-5-1-to-v1-5-5/7406>\
**Category:** Packer\
**Tags:** testing\
**Created:** [April 6, 2020, 8:56am UTC](https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/packer-upgrade-from-v1-5-1-to-v1-5-5/7406 "2020-04-06T08:56:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![allaboutsunil](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/hashicorp/user_avatar/discuss.hashicorp.com/allaboutsunil/32/2168_2.png) [@allaboutsunil](https://discuss.hashicorp.com/u/allaboutsunil)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2020, 8:56am UTC](https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/packer-upgrade-from-v1-5-1-to-v1-5-5/7406/1 "2020-04-06T08:56:59Z")

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i am using the version 1.5.1 and i am trying to upgrade to 1.5.5. so I downloaded the latest packer version from the official website: [https://releases.hashicorp.com/packer/1.5.5/packer\_1.5.5\_linux\_amd64.zip](https://releases.hashicorp.com/packer/1.5.5/packer_1.5.5_linux_amd64.zip)

after downloading and unzipping the file I am seeing the packer file which is of 25th march and when i move it to my /usr/local/packer folder it says the date of the packer file is 25th march.

checking the version still shows the same v1.5.1. could you please help me in upgrading my packer version.

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**Author:** ![shantanugadgil](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/hashicorp/user_avatar/discuss.hashicorp.com/shantanugadgil/32/923_2.png) [@shantanugadgil](https://discuss.hashicorp.com/u/shantanugadgil)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2020, 11:52am UTC](https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/packer-upgrade-from-v1-5-1-to-v1-5-5/7406/2 "2020-04-06T11:52:30Z")

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what is output of the command `which packer` ?  
using the full path to binary, what is the `version`?  
is an existing process of packer in memory?

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**Author:** ![allaboutsunil](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/hashicorp/user_avatar/discuss.hashicorp.com/allaboutsunil/32/2168_2.png) [@allaboutsunil](https://discuss.hashicorp.com/u/allaboutsunil)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2020, 1:25pm UTC](https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/packer-upgrade-from-v1-5-1-to-v1-5-5/7406/3 "2020-04-06T13:25:02Z")

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> [@shantanugadgil](#):
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> `which packer`

/usr/sbin/packer

/usr/sbin/packer  
[root@packer-node ~]# /usr/sbin/packer version  
Packer v1.5.1

Your version of Packer is out of date! The latest version  
is 1.5.5. You can update by downloading from [Install | Packer | HashiCorp Developer](http://www.packer.io/downloads.html)  
[root@packer-node ~]#

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**Author:** ![Wolfsrudel](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/hashicorp/user_avatar/discuss.hashicorp.com/wolfsrudel/32/28465_2.png) [@Wolfsrudel](https://discuss.hashicorp.com/u/Wolfsrudel)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2020, 2:47pm UTC](https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/packer-upgrade-from-v1-5-1-to-v1-5-5/7406/4 "2020-04-06T14:47:18Z")

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So you’ll have to put your new `packer` binary into `/usr/sbin` or update your `$PATH` to use `/usr/local`, too. But first come, first serve: the old binary in `/usr/sbin` has to die.

You could use the full path to, but that’s not handy: `/usr/local/packer --version`

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**Author:** ![allaboutsunil](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/hashicorp/user_avatar/discuss.hashicorp.com/allaboutsunil/32/2168_2.png) [@allaboutsunil](https://discuss.hashicorp.com/u/allaboutsunil)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2020, 5:35pm UTC](https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/packer-upgrade-from-v1-5-1-to-v1-5-5/7406/5 "2020-04-06T17:35:00Z")

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it worked for me. thanks buddy