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layout: docs
page_title: Rollback upgrade
description: >-
Basic process for rolling back a Vault upgrade.
---
# Rollback a Vault upgrade
Vault supports in-place upgrades but does not support automatic rollbacks.
## Before you start
- **You must have `sudo` permissions on the Vault server**. Make sure you have
can install binaries on the Vault server.
- **You must have admin permissions for Vault**. Make sure you can stop and
start the Vault process.
- **Identify unseal candidates**. Identify and notify enough people with unseal
shards to meet the unseal threshold after restart.
## Basic rollback process
To rollback a Vault upgrade:
1. Use `SIGINT` or `SIGTERM` to shut down Vault.
<Tabs>
<Tab heading="Bash">
```shell-session
$ kill <vault_pid>
```
</Tab>
<Tab heading="Powershell">
```powershell
Stop-Process <vault_pid>
```
</Tab>
</Tabs>
1. [Install your previous version of Vault](/vault/docs/get-vault) over your
existing instance.
1. Replace the upgraded Vault data store with your pre-upgrade snapshot.
1. Replace the upgraded Vault configuration with your pre-upgrade configuration.
1. Start Vault.
1. Verify the current version:
```shell-session
$ vault status | grep Version
```
1. Unseal Vault.
1. Test the rollback.