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.
Replicated Replicated Admin Console Your installation already uses Replicated.
Before you can migrate from a Replicated installation, upgrade to v2.20.1.3 or later using Replicated.
Note that you must migrate from Replicated to YBA Installer if you are upgrading YugabyteDB Anywhere to v2024.1 or later.
Kubernetes Helm chart You're deploying in Kubernetes.