# Version upgrade

Source: https://forum.modalai.com/topic/5354/version-upgrade
Category: VOXL SDK and Software (https://forum.modalai.com/category/47/voxl-sdk-and-software)
Tags: voxl-sdk
Posted: 2026-07-30 11:29:03 UTC by RoyAzriel
Replies: 1 · Views: 208

## RoyAzriel · 2026-07-30 11:29:03 UTC

you post a page regarding version upgrade. 
somethinig is not clear. 
currently we have few starlilng 2 max all were shipped with 1.6.4_alpha2
when we did apt upgrade the version was upgraded to 1.6.6
when we done it on another platform it was upgraded to 1.7.0 alpha.
we noticed that apt source list was not the same. 
can you please make it clearer. 
are there any release notes we can review ?
what is your recomendation ? we  think its better to stay with 1.6.x and get more and more fixes before changing to major 1.7

please supply some more inforamtion this subject is unclear.

BR,

Roy

## Reply by Alex Kushleyev (ModalAI staff) · 2026-08-04 15:19:25 UTC

@royazriel ,

We **do not recommend** doing `apt upgrade`, since we do not test this update method. If you want to update the SDK, you should do that following our SDK install instructions. 

As an advanced user, you may select to update your apt sources to use `dev` releases (basically latest dev branches) and selectively install packages that you want to test.

The recommended SDK release for Starling 2 (Max) is 1.6.4

With that in mind, please let us know if you have any more questions about this.

Alex