Determining the update path

Determining the path you need to take to update your version of SonarQube Community Build instance.

SonarQube Community Build uses a calendar for the versioning scheme, see Release cycle model for more details. 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.

Due to known issues in the December 2025 release (25.12.0.117093), the January 2026 release (26.1.0.118079) may also be used as a required intermediate version when updating to later versions.

Download links

• January 2026 version: 26.1.0.118079

• December 2025 version: 25.12.0.117093

• December 2024 version: 24.12.0.100206

Update path examples

From version	To version	Update path
25.10.0.x	26.1.0.x	25.10.0.x > 26.1.0.x (direct)
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)

Update path calculator

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