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description: Guide for upgrading to Grafana v9.4
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title: Upgrade to Grafana v9.4
menutitle: Upgrade to v9.4
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# Upgrade to Grafana v9.4

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## Technical notes

The upgrade to Grafana v9.4 includes changes to the Grafana database for Grafana alerting that are not backward compatible. As a result, when you upgrade to Grafana v9.4, do not downgrade your Grafana instance to an earlier version. Doing so might cause issues with managing your Grafana alerts.
