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title: "Upgrade Data Exchange Framework in a container deployment"
slug: "upgrade-data-exchange-framework-in-a-container-deployment"
abstract: "Introduction to upgrading Data Exchange Framework in a Docker or Kubernetes container deployment."
---
# Upgrade Data Exchange Framework in a container deployment

Starting with Sitecore Experience Platform version 10.2, you can upgrade Data Exchange Framework (DEF) from any previous container based version directly to version 9.0. You can upgrade DEF on either the Docker platform or the Kubernetes platform.

> [!note]
> DEF 9.0 is only compatible with Sitecore 10.4.