Update CopyFiles task in Azure DevOps Deployment Agent

Question

I have a server which is registered with an Azure DevOps Pipeline Environment which has come up in a security scan that a few npm packages used by CopyFiles task have vulnerabilities. The version of the task on the server is 2.246, checked the latest version 2.256 & it seems like the packages have been updated.

My problem is I can't seem to get the deployment job to download a latter version than [email protected], I've deleted the task to which causes a redownload of v2.246.

I've updated the pipeline to specify [email protected] but still downloaded v2.246.

How do I update the copy files task to a newer version?

Deployment job YAML below besides paths.

- deployment: DeployJob
  dependsOn: CreateArtifactJob
  condition: eq(variables['Build.SourceBranch'], 'refs/heads/main')
  workspace:
    clean: all
  environment: 
    name: Asset
    resourceType: virtualMachine
  strategy:
    runOnce:
      deploy:
        steps:
        - task: CopyFiles@2
          displayName: 'Copy website'
          inputs:
            SourceFolder: '$(Pipeline.Workspace)\Artifact\subfolder\'
            Contents: '**'
            TargetFolder: 'dest path'
            OverWrite: True

        - task: CopyFiles@2
          displayName: 'Copy application'
          inputs:
            SourceFolder: '$(Pipeline.Workspace)\Artifact\subfolder\'
            Contents: '**'
            TargetFolder: 'dest path'
            OverWrite: True

Edit: We use Azure DevOps Services.

Agent OS? Can you clarify what you mean by "deleted the task" and "specified @2.256.0"? — bryanbcook
– bryanbcook, Commented Oct 31 at 19:15
Can you clarify which Azure DevOps Server version (on-prem) you are using, or if you're using Azure DevOps Services (dev.azure.com)? — bryanbcook
– bryanbcook, Commented Oct 31 at 19:16
Changed the task from CopyFiles@2 to [email protected]. By deleted I mean gone to the agent folder on the server we’re deploying to, _work/tasks/ then deleted the copy task directory in there. We’re on Azure DevOps Services. — Blag
– Blag, Commented Oct 31 at 23:38
Assuming you can see 2.256 in https://dev.azure.com/<your-org>/_apis/distributedtask/tasks?api=verion=7.0 ? Please provide more information about your self-hosted build agent. — bryanbcook
– bryanbcook, Commented 17 hours ago

bryanbcook · Accepted Answer · 2025-11-01 03:43:34Z

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If you're using Azure DevOps Server, the built-in tasks are frozen with the installed version.

You can confirm which version your Azure DevOps Server is using by using https://<server>/<org>/_apis/distributedtask/tasks?api-version=7.0.

There have been several version updates of CopyFiles@2 task since 2.246. By comparing the task version updates to the available Server releases, you can potentially infer the version that was released at that time. There are some * on this list because the commit is very close to the release date:

Azure DevOps Server Version	CopyFiles version
ADO Server 2022 Update 2 Patch 6 (June 10, 2025)	2.256.0
ADO Server 2022 Update 2 Patch 5 (April 8, 2025)	2.254.0
ADO Server 2022 Update 2 Patch 4 (March 11, 2025)	2.253.0*
ADO Server 2022 Update 2 Patch 3 (Feb 11, 2025)	2.246
ADO Server 2022 Update 2 Patch 2 (Nov 12, 2024)	2.246
ADO Server 2022 RTW (July 9, 2024)	2.238

edited Nov 1 at 3:43

answered Oct 31 at 19:38

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Blag Oct 31 at 23:42

Sorry I should have said in my question originally but we use Azure DevOps services.

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