How to update MikroTik router OS firmware manually V7?

If you want to fix MikroTik OS bugs, improve security, and access new features, you need to keep your RouterOS up to date. Updating your MikroTik regularly is essential to ensure stability and optimal performance.

If you want to update your MikroTik OS to the same version, the process is simple. Just follow this guide

After updating, if your MikroTik doesn’t work properly, you can downgrade its OS to older versions.

Update MikroTik router OS via Winbox

Before starting, take a backup

If you have other important configurations on your MikroTik, it’s better to take a backup from it to be sure your other configurations don’t get damaged while updating.

In most cases its OK to update and nothing happens, but during installation, if you face power loss or install corrupted update files, it may cause deletion in your configurations.

To get backup, you can follow the guide below:

How to back up MikroTik configuration via Winbox

Step-by-Step of Updating via Winbox

To start, you need to have Winbox to connect to your MikroTik and control it, if you don’t have Winbox, you can download Winbox from MikroTik’s own website and install it.

Step 1: Connect to your MikroTik

Open the Winbox app and enter your MikroTik IP and your login information to connect.

If you are using MikroTik in your local network, you can find it on the right side in “Neighbors” too.

Step 2: Access system/packages

1. Click on System in the sidebar
2. In the opening menu, click on Packages

Step 3: Download and install the latest router OS

In the packages tab, all your packages installed on MikroTik will appear here, and you can see you exisiting router OS pack here too.

1. Click on Check for update.

Note: while checking for an update, you may encounter Error: could not resolve DNS

You can easily fix it by adding DNS from IP -> DNS or by running this command in terminal

/ip dns set servers=8.8.8.8,1.1.1.1 allow-remote-requests=yes

2. Click on the download and install button

It will start downloading after the download ends, it will automatically install and reboot your device.

Now you can check your version from System / Resources

1. Click on System
2. Click on Resources
3. 

3. Check your version

Update MikroTik router OS via CLI

Some users may not work with Winbox or the web, and they are working with SSH. Just log in to your MikroTik VPS and enter the following commands in terminal to update your router OS

With this command, check for updates:

/system package update check-for-updates

If an update is available with this command, download the update

/system package update download