Determining the update path

This section explains the principles to follow in order to determine the update path of your SonarQube Community Build instance.

SonarQube Community Build uses a calendar Release cycle model. To determine your update path, consider the following principles:

• You can update directly from one version to another if both versions are within the same year.

• You must update to the December version first to update to a next year’s version.

The artifacts for December 2024 version (24.12.0.100206) can be downloaded here.

Update path examples

From version	To version	Update path
25.3.0.x	25.9.0.x	25.3.0.x > 25.9.0.x (direct)
25.9.0.x	26.3.0.x	25.9.0.x > 25.12.0.x > 26.3.0.x (one intermediate step)
10.6	25.4.0.x	10.6 > 24.12.0.100206 > 25.4.0.x (one intermediate step)
9.9 LTA (Community Edition)	25.4.0.x	9.9 LTA > 24.12.0.100206 > 25.4.0.x (one intermediate step)
8.9 LTA (Community Edition)	25.4.0.x	8.9 LTA > 9.9 LTA > 24.12.0.100206 > 25.4.0.x (two intermediate steps)

You can use our calculator to help determine your update path.