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LLMS index: [llms.txt](/llms.txt)

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### Synopsis


Upgrade your cluster smoothly to a newer version with this command

```
kubeadm upgrade [flags]
```

### Options

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<td colspan="2">-h, --help</td>
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<td></td><td style="line-height: 130%; word-wrap: break-word;"><p>help for upgrade</p></td>
</tr>

</tbody>
</table>



### Options inherited from parent commands

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<td colspan="2">--rootfs string</td>
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<td></td><td style="line-height: 130%; word-wrap: break-word;"><p>The path to the 'real' host root filesystem. This will cause kubeadm to chroot into the provided path.</p></td>
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---

Section pages:

- [](/docs/reference/setup-tools/kubeadm/generated/kubeadm_upgrade/kubeadm_upgrade_apply/)
- [](/docs/reference/setup-tools/kubeadm/generated/kubeadm_upgrade/kubeadm_upgrade_apply_phase/)
- [](/docs/reference/setup-tools/kubeadm/generated/kubeadm_upgrade/kubeadm_upgrade_apply_phase_addon/)
- [](/docs/reference/setup-tools/kubeadm/generated/kubeadm_upgrade/kubeadm_upgrade_apply_phase_addon_all/)
- [](/docs/reference/setup-tools/kubeadm/generated/kubeadm_upgrade/kubeadm_upgrade_apply_phase_addon_coredns/)
- [](/docs/reference/setup-tools/kubeadm/generated/kubeadm_upgrade/kubeadm_upgrade_apply_phase_addon_kube-proxy/)
- [](/docs/reference/setup-tools/kubeadm/generated/kubeadm_upgrade/kubeadm_upgrade_apply_phase_bootstrap-token/)
- [](/docs/reference/setup-tools/kubeadm/generated/kubeadm_upgrade/kubeadm_upgrade_apply_phase_control-plane/)
- [](/docs/reference/setup-tools/kubeadm/generated/kubeadm_upgrade/kubeadm_upgrade_apply_phase_kubelet-config/)
- [](/docs/reference/setup-tools/kubeadm/generated/kubeadm_upgrade/kubeadm_upgrade_apply_phase_post-upgrade/)
- [](/docs/reference/setup-tools/kubeadm/generated/kubeadm_upgrade/kubeadm_upgrade_apply_phase_preflight/)
- [](/docs/reference/setup-tools/kubeadm/generated/kubeadm_upgrade/kubeadm_upgrade_apply_phase_upload-config/)
- [](/docs/reference/setup-tools/kubeadm/generated/kubeadm_upgrade/kubeadm_upgrade_apply_phase_upload-config_all/)
- [](/docs/reference/setup-tools/kubeadm/generated/kubeadm_upgrade/kubeadm_upgrade_apply_phase_upload-config_kubeadm/)
- [](/docs/reference/setup-tools/kubeadm/generated/kubeadm_upgrade/kubeadm_upgrade_apply_phase_upload-config_kubelet/)
- [](/docs/reference/setup-tools/kubeadm/generated/kubeadm_upgrade/kubeadm_upgrade_diff/)
- [](/docs/reference/setup-tools/kubeadm/generated/kubeadm_upgrade/kubeadm_upgrade_node/)
- [](/docs/reference/setup-tools/kubeadm/generated/kubeadm_upgrade/kubeadm_upgrade_node_phase/)
- [](/docs/reference/setup-tools/kubeadm/generated/kubeadm_upgrade/kubeadm_upgrade_node_phase_addon/)
- [](/docs/reference/setup-tools/kubeadm/generated/kubeadm_upgrade/kubeadm_upgrade_node_phase_addon_all/)
- [](/docs/reference/setup-tools/kubeadm/generated/kubeadm_upgrade/kubeadm_upgrade_node_phase_addon_coredns/)
- [](/docs/reference/setup-tools/kubeadm/generated/kubeadm_upgrade/kubeadm_upgrade_node_phase_addon_kube-proxy/)
- [](/docs/reference/setup-tools/kubeadm/generated/kubeadm_upgrade/kubeadm_upgrade_node_phase_control-plane/)
- [](/docs/reference/setup-tools/kubeadm/generated/kubeadm_upgrade/kubeadm_upgrade_node_phase_kubelet-config/)
- [](/docs/reference/setup-tools/kubeadm/generated/kubeadm_upgrade/kubeadm_upgrade_node_phase_post-upgrade/)
- [](/docs/reference/setup-tools/kubeadm/generated/kubeadm_upgrade/kubeadm_upgrade_node_phase_preflight/)
- [](/docs/reference/setup-tools/kubeadm/generated/kubeadm_upgrade/kubeadm_upgrade_plan/)