{"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":"2026-01-19T04:05:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T04:05:15","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":"

Keeping your n8n installation up to date ensures access to the latest features, improvements, and security patches.<\/p>

NOTE<\/strong>: It’s recommended to download your backup first before updating and following the steps below to keep your data safe<\/div>

If you’re running n8n via Docker Compose, there are two easy ways of updating your instance:<\/p>

1. Using Docker Compose Manager:<\/p>

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  1. \n

    Access Docker Compose Manager.<\/p>\n

    \"Docker<\/p><\/li>\n

  2. \n

    Find “root” project, press on three dots and then on “Update”.<\/p>\n

    \"Docker<\/p><\/li>\n<\/ol>

    2. Using SSH:<\/p>

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    1. \n

      Access your VPS through a browser terminal:
      \n\"VPS<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

    2. \n

      Navigate to the n8n directory:<\/p>\n

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      \n
      <\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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      cd \/docker\/n8n<\/code><\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
    3. \n
      Pull the latest version of the n8n image:<\/p>\n
      docker compose pull<\/code><\/pre>\n<\/li>\n
    4. \n
      Stop and remove the currently running containers:<\/p>\n
      docker compose down<\/code><\/pre>\n<\/li>\n
    5. \n
      Start n8n with the updated image:<\/p>\n
      docker compose up -d<\/code><\/pre>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>
      That’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":"
      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":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/287\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7407,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/287\/revisions\/7407"}],"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}]}}