# Grafana Version Upgrade

**URL:** <https://community.grafana.com/t/grafana-version-upgrade/156963>\
**Category:** Installation\
**Created:** [September 1, 2025, 11:22am UTC](https://community.grafana.com/t/grafana-version-upgrade/156963 "2025-09-01T11:22:42Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![rahusingh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8e7dd6/32.png) [@rahusingh](https://community.grafana.com/u/rahusingh)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2025, 11:22am UTC](https://community.grafana.com/t/grafana-version-upgrade/156963/1 "2025-09-01T11:22:42Z")

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What Grafana version and what operating system are you using?

Current Grafana version - 8.5, running on RHEL server.

What are you trying to achieve?

I want to upgrade the Grafana version to latest version.

Can I directly upgrade Grafana to latest version without going to version 9,10 or etc.

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**Author:** ![anilyadav](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c0e974/32.png) [@anilyadav](https://community.grafana.com/u/anilyadav)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2025, 6:08am UTC](https://community.grafana.com/t/grafana-version-upgrade/156963/2 "2025-09-02T06:08:44Z")

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Yes, you can.

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**Author:** ![yosiasz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/grafana/user_avatar/community.grafana.com/yosiasz/32/45847_2.png) [@yosiasz](https://community.grafana.com/u/yosiasz)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2025, 2:51pm UTC](https://community.grafana.com/t/grafana-version-upgrade/156963/3 "2025-09-02T14:51:47Z")

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make sure to back your grafana db (sqlite or otherwise before you do that) before you do what @anilyadav recommends