# Upgrade Akamas

The following sections describe the procedure to upgrade your Akamas instance.

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If you plan to upgrade your Akamas instance, please verify the upgrade path with the Akamas support team. To ensure rollback in case of upgrade failure, it is suggested to backup your studies (see section [User data backup](/akamas-docs/3.5.0/managing-akamas/backup-and-recover-of-the-akamas-server.md#user-data-backup)).
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