Upgrade the Sitecore Command Line Interface to version 5

Current version: 10.1

Sitecore Command Line Interface (CLI) is a tool that you install in PowerShell.

Note

If you do not have a previous installation of the CLI in your project, follow the steps to install Sitecore Command Line Interface instead.

To upgrade an existing CLI installation:

Update the Sitecore Management Services module.

Important

This is an important step because starting with version 5.1.25 the CLI has a version compatibility feature that prevents you from running CLI commands with an outdated version of Sitecore Management Services.
Update the CLI version:
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```
dotnet tool update sitecore.cli --version {version}
```
Note

To update to the latest available version, you can use the command without providing a version: dotnet tool update sitecore.cli.

Update the default plugins:

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dotnet sitecore plugin init

Alternatively, update or add each plugin manually:

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dotnet sitecore plugin add -n Sitecore.DevEx.Extensibility.Serialization --version {version}
dotnet sitecore plugin add -n Sitecore.DevEx.Extensibility.Publishing --version {version}
dotnet sitecore plugin add -n Sitecore.DevEx.Extensibility.Indexing --version {version}
dotnet sitecore plugin add -n Sitecore.DevEx.Extensibility.ResourcePackage --version {version}

If you want to install the Database plugin, run the following command:

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dotnet sitecore plugin add -n Sitecore.DevEx.Extensibility.database --version {version}

If you want to install the XM Cloud plugin, run the following command:
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```
dotnet sitecore plugin add -n Sitecore.DevEx.Extensibility.XMCloud
```
Note

The XM Cloud plugin and the commands provided by it require an instance of XM Cloud.
Check the Sitecore CLI version using the following command:
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```
dotnet sitecore --version
```
If your CLI is updated successfully, it returns the version you specified. For example 5.1.25.
To update the JSON schema, run the following command in your project folder:
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```
dotnet sitecore init
```

Check the installed plugins using the following command:

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dotnet sitecore plugin list

If your CLI plugins are updated successfully, it returns the following message:

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Sitecore.DevEx.Extensibility.Database v.{version}
Sitecore.DevEx.Extensibility.Indexing v.{version}
Sitecore.DevEx.Extensibility.Publishing v.{version}
Sitecore.DevEx.Extensibility.ResourcePackage v.{version}
Sitecore.DevEx.Extensibility.Serialization v.{version}

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