# How to upgrade dfx to the latest pre-release version

**URL:** <https://forum.dfinity.org/t/how-to-upgrade-dfx-to-the-latest-pre-release-version/16107>\
**Category:** Language Support\
**Created:** [October 23, 2022, 3:49pm UTC](https://forum.dfinity.org/t/how-to-upgrade-dfx-to-the-latest-pre-release-version/16107 "2022-10-23T15:49:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![tomijaga](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/forum.dfinity.org/tomijaga/32/4389_2.png) [@tomijaga](https://forum.dfinity.org/u/tomijaga)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2022, 3:49pm UTC](https://forum.dfinity.org/t/how-to-upgrade-dfx-to-the-latest-pre-release-version/16107/1 "2022-10-23T15:49:40Z")

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I want to upgrade `dfx` from the current stable version (0.11.2) to the latest pre-release (0.12.0.beta.3), so I can use the new language features in the latest [Motoko Compiler release](https://github.com/dfinity/motoko/releases/tag/0.7.0).

`dfx upgrade` only allows me to upgrade to 0.11.2

I think the reason it’s not working is the new versions are not in the manifest [sdk/manifest.json at master · dfinity/sdk · GitHub](https://github.com/dfinity/sdk/blob/master/public/manifest.json)

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**Author:** ![paulyoung](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/forum.dfinity.org/paulyoung/32/5251_2.png) [@paulyoung](https://forum.dfinity.org/u/paulyoung)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2022, 4:22pm UTC](https://forum.dfinity.org/t/how-to-upgrade-dfx-to-the-latest-pre-release-version/16107/2 "2022-10-23T16:22:32Z")

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I think you have to reinstall:

> [@Nvm-like support for switching between different versions of dfx](https://forum.dfinity.org/t/nvm-like-support-for-switching-between-different-versions-of-dfx/15733/1):
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> DFX\_VERSION=\<version\_I\_want\_to\_use\> sh -ci “$(curl -fsSL [https://internetcomputer.org/install.sh](https://internetcomputer.org/install.sh))”

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**Author:** ![tomijaga](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/forum.dfinity.org/tomijaga/32/4389_2.png) [@tomijaga](https://forum.dfinity.org/u/tomijaga)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2022, 6:52pm UTC](https://forum.dfinity.org/t/how-to-upgrade-dfx-to-the-latest-pre-release-version/16107/3 "2022-10-23T18:52:10Z")

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Thanks, It turns out I just misspelt the pre-release version. **0.12.0.beta.3** → **0.12.0-beta.3**