Options for updating Drupal core

Last updated on
21 October 2025

Before you begin

This guide covers minor and patch version site updates. (For example, updating from Drupal 11.2.3 to 11.2.5, or 11.1.8 to 11.2.5.)

Additional steps are required for major version upgrades. Refer to the guides upgrading from Drupal 6 or 7 to 10 (or later) or upgrading from Drupal 8 (or later).

Update Drupal Core

There are two options to updating Drupal core:

Method Audience
Composer
Recommended
  • Familiar with command lines
  • Has a shell access
  • Interested in using Composer command lines operations
Manual
  • Unfamiliar with command lines
  • Not interested in learning Drush or Composer
  • Without shell access

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