N8n update via docker compose

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Hi All,

I have n8n self-hosted via Docker Compose, I have previously just used the following when updating and not had any issues, til 0.222.4 was released:

# Pull latest version
docker compose pull

# Stop and remove older version
docker compose down

# Start the container (The -d means detached mode)
docker compose up -d

My instance restarts but it stays on 0.222.3

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Hey @Bailly_1,

In your compose file what version of n8n is set? If you are using latest I would expect this to be the case. The current versions are below, this is likely to be updated today with 0.224.4 becoming latest.

Current latest: 0.222.3
Current next: 0.225.1

You can find the version information in our docs here: Release notes - n8n Documentation

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Thanks for your reply Jon,

I don’t seem to have a version mentioned in the compose file, I am assuming I can just put this at the end of the image line?

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Hey @Bailly_1,

So that would automatically use the latest tag which is what we consider to be stable, You could add :next at the end if you want a newer version.

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Thanks,

I still seem to be stuck on 0.222.3. It all looks fine in terminal, n8n restarts but I still have the update notification in the bottom left.

Maybe I’ll just try agian when the new version is out.

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Its odd as everything seems okay when updating in terminal.

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Hey @Bailly_1,

That looks to be correct to me, The latest release is 0.222.3. The latest tag is not latest as in newest version latest is what is considered stable.

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Thanks Ben,

Okay, I think I understand what you mean now :slight_smile: so the notification shows there is a new version but its not updating as its not “stable”?

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Hey @Bailly_1,

You got it :slight_smile: I will be making a new post about the version stuff soon.

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Thank you very much for your help