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title: "Upgrading your Yellowfin Build"
canonical: "https://wiki.yellowfinbi.com/space/user80/1540640/Upgrading%20your%20Yellowfin%20Build"
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This documentation describes the Yellowfin 8 release. Details of what's new since the previous update can be found [here](https://yellowfin.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/user80/pages/1585665).


To apply a patch to a Yellowfin installation, please follow these steps:

1. Backup the Yellowfin configuration database
2. Shutdown the Yellowfin server
  1. If you are running Yellowfin as a Windows service, stop the service
  2. If you are running Yellowfin from the Windows Start Menu, please select "Stop Yellowfin Server" from the Start Menu.
  3. If you are running Yellowfin a Linux command link, please run Yellowfin/appserver/bin/shutdown.sh
3. Follow the patch steps as you would have in the initial installation:

### Welcome Screen

> Macro (section)
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> > Macro (legacy-content)
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> > Macro (legacy-content)

### Terms & Conditions

> Macro (section)
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> > Macro (legacy-content)

### Installation Path

> Macro (section)
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> > Macro (legacy-content)

### Installation Progress

> Macro (section)
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> > Macro (legacy-content)

### Installation Completion

> Macro (section)
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> > Macro (legacy-content)
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> > Macro (legacy-content)

> ⚠️ If you use the Yellowfin web service client library for web service integration, the **yfws** file can be found at the builds download page.