First step - visit and head to the download page, there choose the type of system you have the RouterOS installed on.

Only RouterBOOT is upgradeable using this method. RouterOS cannot be upgraded through serial cable. Includes newest features, released without intensive testing.

Release candidate released a few times per week.

Once a current release has been tested for several months, it is promoted to bugfix-only and is no longer updated with features.

Current includes the same fixes plus improvements and new features.

Updated rarely, only when a critical issue is found in a bugfixes-only release.

Bugfixed-only version is the most stable release without new features, just most important fixes.

For mission critical installations, bugfixes-only release chain is suggested, as it does not include freshly added new features and is kept for a long time on the download page, with only critical fixes applied to it. When upgrading RouterOS, you can choose a release chain from which to install the new packages. You can then click the Upgrade button again, to confirm that your router is running the latest RouterOS. After the reboot, your router will be running the latest RouterOS version.

Manual upgrade is needed in this case.Īfter clicking the Upgrade button, Changelog is shown:īy clicking 'Download & Upgrade', downloads will start, and router will reboot.

If you are running v5.25 or older, the system will only auto-upgrade to the most recent version of the v5 major version release and not up to v6.20.

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