---
title: hydrogen upgrade
description: Upgrade Hydrogen project dependencies, preview features, fixes and breaking changes. The command also generates an instruction file for each upgrade.
api_name: shopify-cli
source_url:
  html: https://shopify.dev/docs/api/shopify-cli/hydrogen/hydrogen-upgrade
  md: https://shopify.dev/docs/api/shopify-cli/hydrogen/hydrogen-upgrade.md
---

# hydrogen upgradecommand

Upgrade Hydrogen project dependencies, preview features, fixes and breaking changes. The command also generates an instruction file for each upgrade.

## Flags

The following flags are available for the `hydrogen upgrade` command:

* \--path \<value>

  string

  env: SHOPIFY\_HYDROGEN\_FLAG\_PATH

  The path to the directory of the Hydrogen storefront. Defaults to the current directory where the command is run.

* -f, --force

  env: SHOPIFY\_HYDROGEN\_FLAG\_FORCE

  Ignore warnings and force the upgrade to the target version

* -v, --version \<value>

  string

  A target hydrogen version to update to

### Examples

* #### hydrogen upgrade

  ##### hydrogen upgrade

  ```bash
  shopify hydrogen upgrade [flags]
  ```