Keep YugabyteDB Anywhere up to date for the latest fixes and improvements, and to be able to upgrade your universes to the latest version of YugabyteDB. You cannot upgrade a universe to a version of YugabyteDB that is later than the version of YugabyteDB Anywhere.

You can upgrade YBA using the following methods:

Method Using Use If
YBA Installer yba-ctl CLI Your installation already uses YBA Installer.
Kubernetes Helm chart You're deploying in Kubernetes.