Updating Tailscale

Our team regularly releases connectivity fixes and improvements for our client apps. We recommend always being on the latest version of Tailscale.

To see which devices need to be updated, open the Machines page of the admin console and view the Version column. If an update is available, there will be a update icon icon to the left of the version. You can find the latest release version in the changelog.

Here’s how to upgrade on different platforms:

Windows

Upgrade Tailscale by downloading our Windows installer (v1.50.1) and running it. This will update your existing installation to the latest version.

Alternatively, if you are using Tailscale v1.36 or later, you can update Windows clients by running the Tailscale CLI command tailscale update.

Auto-updates are not yet available on Windows. If you need to manually update, click on the Tailscale icon in the status bar then click Update Tailscale from the menu.

macOS

Tailscale for macOS is available in multiple variants.

We recommend using the Mac App Store for a new macOS installation, and it will auto-update by default. If you need to manually update, you can do so from the App Store updates page.

You can also enable auto-updates.

iOS

Tailscale for iOS is only available via the App Store and will auto-update by default. If you need to manually update, you can do so from the App Store updates page.

Android

Tailscale for Android is only available via the Play Store and will auto-update by default. If you need to manually update, you can do so from the Play Store updates page.

Linux

Tailscale can be upgraded on supported Linux distros by using the upgrade command from the package manager used to install Tailscale. Here’s a reference for common distros.

For all Ubuntu and Debian versions, upgrade using apt-get:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install tailscale

For CentOS 7 and Amazon Linux 2, upgrade using yum:

sudo yum update tailscale

For openSUSE Leap and openSUSE Tumbleweed, upgrade using zypper:

sudo zypper update tailscale

For CentOS 8, CentOS Stream 9, RHEL 8, and Fedora, upgrade using dnf:

sudo dnf update tailscale

Alternatively, if you are using Tailscale v1.36 or later, you can update some distros of Linux clients by running the Tailscale CLI command tailscale update.

Consult your distro’s package manager documentation on how to enable auto-updates.

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