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approvers:
- mikedanese
- luxas
- jbeda
title: kubeadm upgrade
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`kubeadm upgrade` is a user-friendly command that wraps complex upgrading logic behind one command, with support
for both planning an upgrade and actually performing it. `kubeadm upgrade` can also be used for downgrading
cluster if necessary.

Every upgrade process might be a bit different, so we've documented each minor upgrade process individually.
Please check these documents out for more detailed how-to-upgrade guidance:

 * [1.6 to 1.7 upgrades](/docs/tasks/administer-cluster/kubeadm-upgrade-1-7/)
 * [1.7.x to 1.7.y  upgrades](/docs/tasks/administer-cluster/kubeadm-upgrade-1-8/)
 * [1.7 to 1.8 upgrades](/docs/tasks/administer-cluster/kubeadm-upgrade-1-8/)
 * [1.8.x to 1.8.y upgrades](/docs/tasks/administer-cluster/kubeadm-upgrade-1-8/)

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## kubeadm upgrade plan {#cmd-upgrade-plan}
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## kubeadm upgrade apply  {#cmd-upgrade-apply}
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* [kubeadm config](kubeadm-config.md) if you initialized your cluster using kubeadm v1.7.x or lower, to configure your cluster for `kubeadm upgrade`
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