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title: Upgrade recommendations
url: https://www.tines.com/docs/self-hosted/upgrade-tines/upgrade-recommendations/
updated: 2026-03-18T09:18:25+00:00
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# Upgrade recommendations

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The recommendations in this section are applicable to any self-hosted upgrade, regardless of platform.

## Pre-upgrade recommendations

1. Ensure that your data has been backed up.
2. Plan for some downtime because the upgrade process will stop
3. Read the release notes [here](https://www.tines.com/docs/release-notes/) for any recommendations, including upgrading 1 major version at a time.

## General upgrade steps

1. Download the package from a cloud tenant.
2. Unzip the package to where your tines directory is.
3. Dependent on your self-hosting platform, there will be different requirements on loading new images, updating Redis and Postgresql containers, etc. You can inspect the `upgrade.sh` file for docker-compose commands and apply them to your self-hosted architecture.