{"id":287,"date":"2025-07-14T08:54:41","date_gmt":"2025-07-14T08:54:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.hostinger.io\/support\/2025\/07\/14\/11767754-how-to-update-n8n-at-hostinger\/"},"modified":"2026-06-30T05:08:37","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T05:08:37","slug":"11767754-how-to-update-n8n-at-hostinger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/11767754-how-to-update-n8n-at-hostinger\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Update N8N at Hostinger"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"no-margin\">Keeping your n8n installation up to date ensures access to the latest features, improvements, and security patches.<\/p><div class=\"intercom-interblocks-callout\" style=\"background-color: #feedaf80;border-color: #fbc91633\"><strong>NOTE<\/strong>: It&rsquo;s recommended to download your backup first before updating and following the steps below to keep your data safe<\/div><p class=\"no-margin\">If you&rsquo;re running n8n via Docker Compose, there are two easy ways of updating your instance:<\/p><p>1. Using Docker Compose Manager:<\/p><ol>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Access Docker Compose Manager.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-12160 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/06\/2026-06-30_13-04-1024x302.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"302\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/06\/2026-06-30_13-04-1024x302.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/06\/2026-06-30_13-04-300x88.png 300w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/06\/2026-06-30_13-04-768x226.png 768w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/06\/2026-06-30_13-04-1536x453.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/06\/2026-06-30_13-04.png 1948w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p><\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Find your n8n project, press on three dots and then on &ldquo;Update&rdquo;.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-12161 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/06\/2026-06-30_13-06-1024x457.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"457\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/06\/2026-06-30_13-06-1024x457.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/06\/2026-06-30_13-06-300x134.png 300w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/06\/2026-06-30_13-06-768x343.png 768w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/06\/2026-06-30_13-06-1536x685.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/06\/2026-06-30_13-06.png 1982w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p><\/li>\n<\/ol><p>2. Using SSH:<\/p><ol>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Access your VPS through a browser terminal:<br>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-12162 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/06\/2026-06-30_13-08-1024x260.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/06\/2026-06-30_13-08-1024x260.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/06\/2026-06-30_13-08-300x76.png 300w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/06\/2026-06-30_13-08-768x195.png 768w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/06\/2026-06-30_13-08-1536x390.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/06\/2026-06-30_13-08.png 1940w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\">Navigate to the n8n directory:<\/p>\n<div class=\"relative group\/copy bg-bg-000\/50 border-0.5 border-border-400 rounded-lg\">\n<div class=\"sticky opacity-0 group-hover\/copy:opacity-100 top-2 py-2 h-12 w-0 float-right\">\n<div class=\"absolute right-0 h-8 px-2 items-center inline-flex z-10\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<pre class=\"code-block__code !my-0 !rounded-lg !text-sm !leading-relaxed\"><code>cd \/docker\/n8n<\/code><\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Pull the latest version of the n8n image:<\/p>\n<pre><code>docker compose pull<\/code><\/pre>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Stop and remove the currently running containers:<\/p>\n<pre><code>docker compose down<\/code><\/pre>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Start n8n with the updated image:<\/p>\n<pre><code>docker compose up -d<\/code><\/pre>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol><p><iframe title=\"Stop Paying for Assistants: Self-Host Your Own AI with n8n &amp; OpenAI\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PS-9I2IAVRs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">That&rsquo;s it! Your n8n instance should now be running the latest version. You can verify the version by accessing the n8n dashboard<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Learn how to update n8n docker instance<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":581,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"include_on_kodee":true,"footnotes":""},"categories":[199],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-287","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-vps-management"],"hreflangs":[{"locale":"en-US","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/11767754-how-to-update-n8n-at-hostinger\/","default":1}],"include_on_kodee":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/287","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/581"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=287"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/287\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12163,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/287\/revisions\/12163"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=287"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=287"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=287"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}