{"id":110830,"date":"2018-02-03T08:37:12","date_gmt":"2018-02-03T08:37:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/webkul.com\/blog\/?p=110830"},"modified":"2026-01-07T06:18:43","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T06:18:43","slug":"upgrade-magento2-via-command-line","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webkul.com\/blog\/upgrade-magento2-via-command-line\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Upgrade Magento 2 via command line"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

You can upgrade or update your current Magento version to a specific higher version using composer and the command line.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can even simplify your upgrade through professional Magento 2 upgrade services<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For that, you have to open the terminal\/command prompt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After that, go to your Magento site’s root directory in the terminal using cd command<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For example, your Magento site can be in a folder\/directory path as \/var\/www\/html.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, go to that directory from the command line, and after that, check your current Magento version with the following command.\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

php bin\/magento --version<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Running the above command will output something like this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n
Magento CLI version 2.1.7<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
\"Magento<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
The above output shows that your current Magento version is 2.1.7<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Now if,  you want to upgrade your Magento site to version 2.1.8<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For that, you have to run the following commands:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Note that<\/strong>, you have to be in your Magento\u2019s directory root while running the commands below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
First Step ->\u00a0<\/strong>Put your site into maintenance mode.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
php bin\/magento maintenance:enable<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Second Step -><\/strong> Take a backup of the composer.json<\/p>\n\n\n\n
cp composer.json composer.json.bak<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Third Step -><\/strong> Install the Composer update plugin<\/p>\n\n\n\n
composer require magento\/composer-root-update-plugin ~2.0 --no-update<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
(Run this command, if you are using PHP 7.3 or above)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
composer require magento\/composer-root-update-plugin ~1.0 --no-update<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
(Run this command, if you are using PHP 7.2 or lower)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Fourth<\/strong> Step -><\/strong> Update Magento version in composer.json file using the below command. You can type any required Magento version.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
composer require-commerce magento\/product-community-edition <Magento version> --no-update<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
(example:  composer require-commerce magento\/product-community-edition 2.1.8 \u2013no-update )<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Fifth Step -><\/strong> Update dependencies using the following command.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
composer update<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Sixth Step -><\/strong> Execute the following commands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
rm -rf var\/di var\/generation\nphp bin\/magento setup:upgrade\nphp bin\/magento setup:di:compile\nphp bin\/magento: setup:static-content:deploy\nphp bin\/magento indexer:reindex\nphp bin\/magento cache:flush<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Seventh Step -><\/strong> Disable the maintenance mode<\/p>\n\n\n\n
php bin\/magento maintenance:disable<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
After the upgrade, again check your Magento version with the following command:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
php bin\/magento --version<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Output showing :<\/p>\n\n\n\n
    Magento CLI version 2.1.8<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
For technical assistance, please get in touch with us via email at\u00a0support@webkul.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Additionally, explore a wide range of solutions to upgrade your store\u2019s functionality by visiting the\u00a0Magento 2 Modules<\/a>\u00a0section.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For expert guidance or custom feature development,\u00a0hire experienced Magento 2 developers<\/a>\u00a0for your project.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
You can upgrade or update your current Magento version to a specific higher version using composer and the command line. You can even simplify your upgrade through professional Magento 2 upgrade services. For that, you have to open the terminal\/command prompt. After that, go to your Magento site’s root directory in the terminal using cd […]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":169,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[302],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-110830","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-magento2"],"yoast_head":"\nHow to Upgrade Magento 2 via command line - Webkul Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"In this blog we will understand How To Upgrade Magento 2 To latest version . 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