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# Overview

The article lists the steps you have to perform to update your SonarQube Community Build installation.

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Installing SonarQube Community Build from the ZIP file is deprecated. It's still available, but it will be removed in a future release, so if you run a ZIP installation, consider moving to the [Docker image](https://hub.docker.com/_/sonarqube) or the [Helm chart](https://artifacthub.io/packages/helm/sonarqube/sonarqube) as part of your next update. See the [deprecation policy](/sonarqube-community-build/server-update-and-maintenance/maintenance/deprecations/deprecation-policy.md) for details, and the [ZIP installation migration guide](/sonarqube-community-build/server-update-and-maintenance/maintenance/zip-migration-guide.md) for the procedure.
{% endhint %}

Follow these steps to update your SonarQube Community Build instance to a newer version:

1. Read [Release cycle model](/sonarqube-community-build/server-update-and-maintenance/update/release-cycle-model.md).
2. [Determining the update path](/sonarqube-community-build/server-update-and-maintenance/update/determine-path.md).
3. [Pre-update steps](/sonarqube-community-build/server-update-and-maintenance/update/pre-update-steps.md).
4. Back up the SonarQube Community Build database.
5. [Performing the update](/sonarqube-community-build/server-update-and-maintenance/update/update.md).
6. [Post-update steps](/sonarqube-community-build/server-update-and-maintenance/update/post-update-steps.md).

## Related pages <a href="#related-pages" id="related-pages"></a>

* [Moving to SonarQube Server](/sonarqube-community-build/server-update-and-maintenance/update/updating-to-sonarqube-server.md)
* [Other migration-related tasks](/sonarqube-community-build/server-update-and-maintenance/update/other-procedures.md)


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