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How to update

To update your freqtrade installation, please use one of the below methods, corresponding to your installation method.

Tracking changes

::: Breaking changes / changed behavior will be documented in the changelog that is posted alongside every release. For the develop branch, please follow PR's to avoid being surprised by changes.

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Docker

Legacy installations using the master image

::: We're switching from master to stable for the release Images - please adjust your docker-file and replace freqtradeorg/freqtrade:master with freqtradeorg/freqtrade:stable

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bash
docker compose pull
docker compose up -d

Installation via setup script

bash
./setup.sh --update

INFO

::: Make sure to run this command with your virtual environment disabled!

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Plain native installation

Please ensure that you're also updating dependencies - otherwise things might break without you noticing.

bash
git pull
pip install -U -r requirements.txt
pip install -e .

# Ensure freqUI is at the latest version
freqtrade install-ui

Problems updating

Update-problems usually come missing dependencies (you didn't follow the above instructions) - or from updated dependencies, which fail to install (for example TA-lib). Please refer to the corresponding installation sections (common problems linked below)