Need Upgrade Path for sonarqube community edition 9.9.6LTA to sonarqube community build 25.1

[Narendran]

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• which versions are you using (SonarQube Server / Community Build, Scanner, Plugin, and any relevant extension) sonarqube community edition 9.9.6LTA
• how is SonarQube deployed: zip
• what are you trying to achieve want upgrade path
• what have you tried so far to achieve this

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[Colin]

Hey there!

You should target the latest version of Community Build – 25.3.

You can read about the upgrade path (and find our recently updated docs about it) here:

How to upgrade to new Community Build

Hey @gabri It took a little longer than expected, but we have updated the docs for SonarQube Community Build. You can find the docs here. To summarize: For Community Build, you will need to update to the December release in a given year before moving. Effectively – December releases of SonarQube Community Build will behave as LTA releases do for SonarQube Server (milestone releases you must upgrade though). Today the upgrade path from 9.9 is 9.9 → 24.12 → 25.3 In January 2026, the upgrade pa…

[Narendran]

I got your point colin. but in the upgrade path document can see path like 9.9LTA>24.12>25.1. here is the link Determining the upgrade path | SonarQube Community Build Documentation

that is why got confused.

so as of now we can go with 9.9 LTA >25.1 upgrade path right?

[Colin]

Per the docs: 9.9 LTA → 24.12 → 25.3