Performing an upgrade

Administrators can upgrade GitHub Enterprise Server using an appropriate upgrade package.

Upgrading with a hotpatch

You can use a hotpatch package to upgrade GitHub Enterprise Server to a newer patch release within a feature series.

Learn how to use an upgrade package to upgrade GitHub Enterprise Server to a newer feature release.

To migrate from GitHub Enterprise 11.10.x to 2.1.23, you'll need to set up a new appliance instance and migrate data from the previous instance.

As part of upgrading GitHub Enterprise Server to version 3.13 or later, the Elasticsearch service will be upgraded.