# How to update Gitea **URL:** \ **Category:** Install/Maintain/Configure\ **Created:** [September 21, 2018, 9:39am UTC](https://forum.gitea.com/t/how-to-update-gitea/574 "2018-09-21T09:39:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 3
**Author:** ![anon74399538](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c6cbf5/32.png) [@anon74399538](https://forum.gitea.com/u/anon74399538)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2018, 5:45am UTC](https://forum.gitea.com/t/how-to-update-gitea/574/3 "2018-09-24T05:45:44Z")
If you end up using Docker on Windows this may be of use: > [@Upgrade Gitea Docker Compose](https://forum.gitea.com/t/upgrade-gitea-docker-compose/427): > > Been using Gitea for about a week under docker and so far so good. One thing which wasn’t clear to me was how best to upgrade to a new tag. I understand this will vary depending on how Gitea is installed but it would be nice to see at least some basic advice either in the documentation or on the image README itself. Here’s what I did to upgrade to the latest version, which probably wasn’t the best approach given it caused a few seconds of downtime: docker-compose pull gitea docker-compose down… --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.gitea.com/t/how-to-update-gitea/574)._