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title: Upgrade OpenMetadata
slug: /deployment/upgrade
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# Upgrade OpenMetadata
## Releases
OpenMetadata community will be doing feature releases and stable releases.
- Feature releases are to upgrade your sandbox or POCs to give feedback to the community and any potential bugs that the community needs to fix.
- Stable releases are to upgrade your production environments and share it with your users.
## 0.12.0 - Feature release
OpenMetadata 0.12.0 is a feature release ** Please do not upgrade your production **
Join our slack https://slack.open-metadata.org provide your feedback and help community to get to the stable 0.12.1 release
## 0.12.0 - Known Issues
- Upgrade Issues - https://github.com/open-metadata/OpenMetadata/issues/7504
- Bots listing page not showing Ingestion Bot account - https://github.com/open-metadata/OpenMetadata/issues/7539
- UI- Search Filter malfunction - https://github.com/open-metadata/OpenMetadata/issues/7313
## Backup Metadata
Before upgrading your OpenMetadata version we recommend backing up the metadata.
The source of truth is stored in the underlying database (MySQL and Postgres supported). You can refer
to the following guide for our backup utility:
Learn how to back up MySQL data.
## Upgrade your installation
Once your metadata is safe, follow the required upgrade instructions:
Upgrade your Docker installation
Upgrade your Bare Metal installation
Upgrade your Kubernetes installation
## Upgrade for a specific version
You can find further information about specific version upgrades in the following sections:
Upgrade from 0.11 to 0.12 inplace.
Upgrade from 0.10 to 0.11 inplace.
Upgrade from 0.9 to 0.10. This is a backward incompatible upgrade!