# Upgrading from 4.5 (non-container) to Bluespice5

**URL:** <https://community.bluespice.com/t/upgrading-from-4-5-non-container-to-bluespice5/371>\
**Category:** Configuration/Setup\
**Created:** [March 9, 2026, 2:53pm UTC](https://community.bluespice.com/t/upgrading-from-4-5-non-container-to-bluespice5/371 "2026-03-09T14:53:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![sknight1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b487fb/32.png) [@sknight1](https://community.bluespice.com/u/sknight1)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2026, 2:53pm UTC](https://community.bluespice.com/t/upgrading-from-4-5-non-container-to-bluespice5/371/1 "2026-03-09T14:53:43Z")

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**I’ve seen lots of documents regarding upgrading to BS 5, all seem to only support upgrading from earlier version4 containerised builds. I have 4.4 and 4.5 non-containerised instances, can anybody point me in the direction of any supporting documents that detail upgrade procedure. Or, do I install the new version and migrate the data ? any help appreciated.**

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**Author:** ![f4ban](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/54ee81/32.png) [@f4ban](https://community.bluespice.com/u/f4ban)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2026, 10:12am UTC](https://community.bluespice.com/t/upgrading-from-4-5-non-container-to-bluespice5/371/2 "2026-03-12T10:12:19Z")

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Hi,

Yes, please install the current Version then migrate the data.

Check out this page:

> **[Setup:Installation Guide/Update from 4.5 to 5.1/Classic tarball - BlueSpice](https://en.wiki.bluespice.com/wiki/Setup:Installation_Guide/Update_from_4.5_to_5.1/Classic_tarball)**

And:

> **[Extension:OpenIDConnect - Setup:Installation Guide/Update from 4.5 to 5.1 -...](https://en.wiki.bluespice.com/wiki/Setup:Installation_Guide/Update_from_4.5_to_5.1#Extension:OpenIDConnect)**
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> In some cases this patch needs to be applied before the update.

(You can also just do:  
`./bluespice-deploy up -d --profile=upgrade` after you import the database, since the required steps will be done automatically.)

> **[GitHub - hallowelt/bluespice-deploy: Easy setup and deployment of BlueSpice MediaWiki](https://github.com/hallowelt/bluespice-deploy?tab=readme-ov-file#upgrade-to-bluespice-5)**
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> Easy setup and deployment of BlueSpice MediaWiki

And If you are using Collabpads:

> **[Collabpads database update - Setup:Installation Guide/Update from 4.5 to 5.1 -...](https://en.wiki.bluespice.com/wiki/Setup:Installation_Guide/Update_from_4.5_to_5.1#Collabpads_database_update)**
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> The easiest way to update from MongoDB 4.4 to 8.0 is to export and import the databases:

Best wishes,  
Fabian