{"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":"2026-10-29T14:36:39","modified_gmt":"2026-10-29T14:36:39","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>Update your <a data-click-id=\"hgr-post-content-link-n8n-docker-instance-at-hostinger\" href=\"\/support\/10473267-how-to-use-the-n8n-vps-template-at-hostinger\/\">n8n Docker instance at Hostinger<\/a> to access the latest features, improvements, and security patches.<\/p><h3>Before you start<\/h3><ul>\n<li>It&rsquo;s recommended to download a backup before updating and following the steps below to keep your data safe.<\/li>\n<li>Prepare your workflows before upgrading from n8n 2.x to n8n 3.0, as described in <a data-click-id=\"hgr-post-content-link-how-to-prepare-your-hostinger-vps-for-n8n-3-0\" href=\"\/support\/how-to-prepare-your-hostinger-vps-for-n8n-3-0\/\">How to prepare your Hostinger VPS for n8n 3.0<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul><p>If you&rsquo;re running n8n via <a data-click-id=\"hgr-post-content-link-docker-manager\" href=\"\/support\/12040789-hostinger-docker-manager-for-vps-simplify-your-container-deployments\/\">Docker Manager<\/a>, there are two ways to update your instance.<\/p><h2 id=\"h-update-using-docker-manager\">Update using Docker Manager<\/h2><ol>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Access Docker Manager.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14632\" src=\"https:\/\/imagedelivery.net\/LqiWLm-3MGbYHtFuUbcBtA\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/08\/2026-08-06_11-55.png\/public\" alt=\"\" width=\"1916\" height=\"546\" srcset=\"https:\/\/imagedelivery.net\/LqiWLm-3MGbYHtFuUbcBtA\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/08\/2026-08-06_11-55.png\/w=1916,fit=scale-down 1916w, https:\/\/imagedelivery.net\/LqiWLm-3MGbYHtFuUbcBtA\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/08\/2026-08-06_11-55.png\/w=300,fit=scale-down 300w, https:\/\/imagedelivery.net\/LqiWLm-3MGbYHtFuUbcBtA\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/08\/2026-08-06_11-55.png\/w=1024,fit=scale-down 1024w, https:\/\/imagedelivery.net\/LqiWLm-3MGbYHtFuUbcBtA\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/08\/2026-08-06_11-55.png\/w=768,fit=scale-down 768w, https:\/\/imagedelivery.net\/LqiWLm-3MGbYHtFuUbcBtA\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/08\/2026-08-06_11-55.png\/w=1536,fit=scale-down 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1916px) 100vw, 1916px\" \/><\/p><\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Find the project that runs n8n, open the three-dot menu (&#8942;), and select <strong>Update<\/strong>. The project name can differ from n8n, for example root. Open the project to confirm that it contains the n8n container.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-12161 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/imagedelivery.net\/LqiWLm-3MGbYHtFuUbcBtA\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/06\/2026-06-30_13-06.png\/w=1024,h=457,fit=scale-down\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"457\" srcset=\"https:\/\/imagedelivery.net\/LqiWLm-3MGbYHtFuUbcBtA\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/06\/2026-06-30_13-06.png\/w=1024,fit=scale-down 1024w, https:\/\/imagedelivery.net\/LqiWLm-3MGbYHtFuUbcBtA\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/06\/2026-06-30_13-06.png\/w=300,fit=scale-down 300w, https:\/\/imagedelivery.net\/LqiWLm-3MGbYHtFuUbcBtA\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/06\/2026-06-30_13-06.png\/w=768,fit=scale-down 768w, https:\/\/imagedelivery.net\/LqiWLm-3MGbYHtFuUbcBtA\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/06\/2026-06-30_13-06.png\/w=1536,fit=scale-down 1536w, https:\/\/imagedelivery.net\/LqiWLm-3MGbYHtFuUbcBtA\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/06\/2026-06-30_13-06.png\/w=1982,fit=scale-down 1982w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p><\/li>\n<\/ol><p><strong>NOTE<\/strong><\/p><ul>\n<li>The update can take a few minutes. Do not select <strong>Update<\/strong> again while Docker Manager applies it.<\/li>\n<\/ul><h2 id=\"h-update-using-ssh\">Update using SSH<\/h2><ol>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Access your VPS through a web console:<br>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14633\" src=\"https:\/\/imagedelivery.net\/LqiWLm-3MGbYHtFuUbcBtA\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/08\/2026-08-06_11-57.png\/public\" alt=\"\" width=\"1143\" height=\"370\" srcset=\"https:\/\/imagedelivery.net\/LqiWLm-3MGbYHtFuUbcBtA\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/08\/2026-08-06_11-57.png\/w=1143,fit=scale-down 1143w, https:\/\/imagedelivery.net\/LqiWLm-3MGbYHtFuUbcBtA\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/08\/2026-08-06_11-57.png\/w=300,fit=scale-down 300w, https:\/\/imagedelivery.net\/LqiWLm-3MGbYHtFuUbcBtA\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/08\/2026-08-06_11-57.png\/w=1024,fit=scale-down 1024w, https:\/\/imagedelivery.net\/LqiWLm-3MGbYHtFuUbcBtA\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/08\/2026-08-06_11-57.png\/w=768,fit=scale-down 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1143px) 100vw, 1143px\" \/><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\">Navigate to the n8n directory. If the \/docker\/n8n directory does not exist, use the Docker Manager update steps above instead.<\/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\">Your n8n instance should now be running the latest version. To verify the version, open the n8n dashboard at https:\/\/n8n.[your-vps-hostname]. See <a data-click-id=\"hgr-post-content-link-how-to-use-the-n8n-vps-template-at-hostinger\" href=\"\/support\/10473267-how-to-use-the-n8n-vps-template-at-hostinger\/\">How to use the n8n VPS template at Hostinger<\/a> for details.<\/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":17,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/287\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22340,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/287\/revisions\/22340"}],"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}]}}