---
title: "💭 Manual Upgrades | K3s"
description: "!https://docs.k3s.io/upgrades/manual"
date: 2024-04-19
published: true
tags:
  - k8s
  - kubernetes
  - k3s
  - thought
template: link
---


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  <a href="https://docs.k3s.io/upgrades/manual" class="embed-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">
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      <div class="embed-card-title">Manual Upgrades | K3s</div>
      <div class="embed-card-description">You can upgrade K3s by using the installation script, or by manually installing the binary of the desired version.</div>
      <div class="embed-card-meta">docs.k3s.io</div>
    </div>
  </a>
</div>


You can give k3s an install channel to install `stable`,  `latest`, or specific versions like `1.26`.  This is handy to make sure that you install the same version on all of your workers.

``` bash
curl -sfL https://get.k3s.io | INSTALL_K3S_CHANNEL=latest <EXISTING_K3S_ENV> sh -s - <EXISTING_K3S_ARGS>
```

!!! note

    This post is a <a href="/thoughts/" class="wikilink" data-title="Thoughts" data-description="These are generally my thoughts on a web page or some sort of url, except a rare few don&#39;t have a link. These are dual published off of my..." data-date="2024-04-01">thought</a>. It's a short note that I make
    about someone else's content online <a href="/tags/thoughts/" class="hashtag-tag" data-tag="thoughts" data-count=2 data-reading-time=3 data-reading-time-text="3 minutes">#thoughts</a>