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---
title: npm-update
section: 1
description: Update packages
---
### Synopsis
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```bash
npm update [<pkg>...]
aliases: up, upgrade, udpate
```
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### Description
This command will update all the packages listed to the latest version
(specified by the `tag` config), respecting the semver constraints of
both your package and its dependencies (if they also require the same
package).
It will also install missing packages.
If the `-g` flag is specified, this command will update globally installed
packages.
If no package name is specified, all packages in the specified location (global
or local) will be updated.
Note that by default `npm update` will not update the semver values of direct
dependencies in your project `package.json`, if you want to also update
values in `package.json` you can run: `npm update --save` (or add the
`save=true` option to a [configuration file](/configuring-npm/npmrc)
to make that the default behavior).
### Example
For the examples below, assume that the current package is `app` and it depends
on dependencies, `dep1` (`dep2`, .. etc.). The published versions of `dep1`
are:
```json
{
"dist-tags": { "latest": "1.2.2" },
"versions": [
"1.2.2",
"1.2.1",
"1.2.0",
"1.1.2",
"1.1.1",
"1.0.0",
"0.4.1",
"0.4.0",
"0.2.0"
]
}
```
#### Caret Dependencies
If `app`'s `package.json` contains:
```json
"dependencies": {
"dep1": "^1.1.1"
}
```
Then `npm update` will install `dep1@1.2.2`, because `1.2.2` is `latest` and
`1.2.2` satisfies `^1.1.1`.
#### Tilde Dependencies
However, if `app`'s `package.json` contains:
```json
"dependencies": {
"dep1": "~1.1.1"
}
```
In this case, running `npm update` will install `dep1@1.1.2`. Even though the
`latest` tag points to `1.2.2`, this version do not satisfy `~1.1.1`, which is
equivalent to `>=1.1.1 <1.2.0`. So the highest-sorting version that satisfies
`~1.1.1` is used, which is `1.1.2`.
#### Caret Dependencies below 1.0.0
Suppose `app` has a caret dependency on a version below `1.0.0`, for example:
```json
"dependencies": {
"dep1": "^0.2.0"
}
```
`npm update` will install `dep1@0.2.0`, because there are no other
versions which satisfy `^0.2.0`.
If the dependence were on `^0.4.0`:
```json
"dependencies": {
"dep1": "^0.4.0"
}
```
Then `npm update` will install `dep1@0.4.1`, because that is the highest-sorting
version that satisfies `^0.4.0` (`>= 0.4.0 <0.5.0`)
#### Subdependencies
Suppose your app now also has a dependency on `dep2`
```json
{
"name": "my-app",
"dependencies": {
"dep1": "^1.0.0",
"dep2": "1.0.0"
}
}
```
and `dep2` itself depends on this limited range of `dep1`
```json
{
"name": "dep2",
"dependencies": {
"dep1": "~1.1.1"
}
}
```
Then `npm update` will install `dep1@1.1.2` because that is the highest
version that `dep2` allows. npm will prioritize having a single version
of `dep1` in your tree rather than two when that single version can
satisfy the semver requirements of multiple dependencies in your tree.
In this case if you really did need your package to use a newer version
you would need to use `npm install`.
#### Updating Globally-Installed Packages
`npm update -g` will apply the `update` action to each globally installed
package that is `outdated` -- that is, has a version that is different from
`wanted`.
Note: Globally installed packages are treated as if they are installed with a
caret semver range specified. So if you require to update to `latest` you may
need to run `npm install -g [<pkg>...]`
NOTE: If a package has been upgraded to a version newer than `latest`, it will
be _downgraded_.
### Configuration
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#### `save`
* Default: `true` unless when using `npm update` where it defaults to `false`
* Type: Boolean
Save installed packages to a `package.json` file as dependencies.
When used with the `npm rm` command, removes the dependency from
`package.json`.
Will also prevent writing to `package-lock.json` if set to `false`.
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#### `global`
* Default: false
* Type: Boolean
Operates in "global" mode, so that packages are installed into the `prefix`
folder instead of the current working directory. See
[folders](/configuring-npm/folders) for more on the differences in behavior.
* packages are installed into the `{prefix}/lib/node_modules` folder, instead
of the current working directory.
* bin files are linked to `{prefix}/bin`
* man pages are linked to `{prefix}/share/man`
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#### `global-style`
* Default: false
* Type: Boolean
Causes npm to install the package into your local `node_modules` folder with
the same layout it uses with the global `node_modules` folder. Only your
direct dependencies will show in `node_modules` and everything they depend
on will be flattened in their `node_modules` folders. This obviously will
eliminate some deduping. If used with `legacy-bundling`, `legacy-bundling`
will be preferred.
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#### `legacy-bundling`
* Default: false
* Type: Boolean
Causes npm to install the package such that versions of npm prior to 1.4,
such as the one included with node 0.8, can install the package. This
eliminates all automatic deduping. If used with `global-style` this option
will be preferred.
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#### `omit`
* Default: 'dev' if the `NODE_ENV` environment variable is set to
'production', otherwise empty.
* Type: "dev", "optional", or "peer" (can be set multiple times)
Dependency types to omit from the installation tree on disk.
Note that these dependencies _are_ still resolved and added to the
`package-lock.json` or `npm-shrinkwrap.json` file. They are just not
physically installed on disk.
If a package type appears in both the `--include` and `--omit` lists, then
it will be included.
If the resulting omit list includes `'dev'`, then the `NODE_ENV` environment
variable will be set to `'production'` for all lifecycle scripts.
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#### `strict-peer-deps`
* Default: false
* Type: Boolean
If set to `true`, and `--legacy-peer-deps` is not set, then _any_
conflicting `peerDependencies` will be treated as an install failure, even
if npm could reasonably guess the appropriate resolution based on non-peer
dependency relationships.
By default, conflicting `peerDependencies` deep in the dependency graph will
be resolved using the nearest non-peer dependency specification, even if
doing so will result in some packages receiving a peer dependency outside
the range set in their package's `peerDependencies` object.
When such and override is performed, a warning is printed, explaining the
conflict and the packages involved. If `--strict-peer-deps` is set, then
this warning is treated as a failure.
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#### `package-lock`
* Default: true
* Type: Boolean
If set to false, then ignore `package-lock.json` files when installing. This
will also prevent _writing_ `package-lock.json` if `save` is true.
When package package-locks are disabled, automatic pruning of extraneous
modules will also be disabled. To remove extraneous modules with
package-locks disabled use `npm prune`.
This configuration does not affect `npm ci`.
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#### `foreground-scripts`
* Default: false
* Type: Boolean
Run all build scripts (ie, `preinstall`, `install`, and `postinstall`)
scripts for installed packages in the foreground process, sharing standard
input, output, and error with the main npm process.
Note that this will generally make installs run slower, and be much noisier,
but can be useful for debugging.
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#### `ignore-scripts`
* Default: false
* Type: Boolean
If true, npm does not run scripts specified in package.json files.
Note that commands explicitly intended to run a particular script, such as
`npm start`, `npm stop`, `npm restart`, `npm test`, and `npm run-script`
will still run their intended script if `ignore-scripts` is set, but they
will *not* run any pre- or post-scripts.
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#### `audit`
* Default: true
* Type: Boolean
When "true" submit audit reports alongside the current npm command to the
default registry and all registries configured for scopes. See the
documentation for [`npm audit`](/commands/npm-audit) for details on what is
submitted.
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#### `bin-links`
* Default: true
* Type: Boolean
Tells npm to create symlinks (or `.cmd` shims on Windows) for package
executables.
Set to false to have it not do this. This can be used to work around the
fact that some file systems don't support symlinks, even on ostensibly Unix
systems.
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#### `fund`
* Default: true
* Type: Boolean
When "true" displays the message at the end of each `npm install`
acknowledging the number of dependencies looking for funding. See [`npm
fund`](/commands/npm-fund) for details.
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#### `dry-run`
* Default: false
* Type: Boolean
Indicates that you don't want npm to make any changes and that it should
only report what it would have done. This can be passed into any of the
commands that modify your local installation, eg, `install`, `update`,
`dedupe`, `uninstall`, as well as `pack` and `publish`.
Note: This is NOT honored by other network related commands, eg `dist-tags`,
`owner`, etc.
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#### `workspace`
* Default:
* Type: String (can be set multiple times)
Enable running a command in the context of the configured workspaces of the
current project while filtering by running only the workspaces defined by
this configuration option.
Valid values for the `workspace` config are either:
* Workspace names
* Path to a workspace directory
* Path to a parent workspace directory (will result in selecting all
workspaces within that folder)
When set for the `npm init` command, this may be set to the folder of a
workspace which does not yet exist, to create the folder and set it up as a
brand new workspace within the project.
This value is not exported to the environment for child processes.
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#### `workspaces`
* Default: null
* Type: null or Boolean
Set to true to run the command in the context of **all** configured
workspaces.
Explicitly setting this to false will cause commands like `install` to
ignore workspaces altogether. When not set explicitly:
- Commands that operate on the `node_modules` tree (install, update, etc.)
will link workspaces into the `node_modules` folder. - Commands that do
other things (test, exec, publish, etc.) will operate on the root project,
_unless_ one or more workspaces are specified in the `workspace` config.
This value is not exported to the environment for child processes.
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#### `include-workspace-root`
* Default: false
* Type: Boolean
Include the workspace root when workspaces are enabled for a command.
When false, specifying individual workspaces via the `workspace` config, or
all workspaces via the `workspaces` flag, will cause npm to operate only on
the specified workspaces, and not on the root project.
This value is not exported to the environment for child processes.
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### See Also
* [npm install](/commands/npm-install)
* [npm outdated](/commands/npm-outdated)
* [npm shrinkwrap](/commands/npm-shrinkwrap)
* [npm registry](/using-npm/registry)
* [npm folders](/configuring-npm/folders)
* [npm ls](/commands/npm-ls)
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