# Upgrading the EAM controller from the EAM

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/upgrading-the-eam-controller-from-the-eam/81177>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [October 30, 2023, 4:43pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/upgrading-the-eam-controller-from-the-eam/81177 "2023-10-30T16:43:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![hw79](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/838e76/32.png) [@hw79](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/hw79)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2023, 4:43pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/upgrading-the-eam-controller-from-the-eam/81177/1 "2023-10-30T16:43:04Z")

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I want to upgrade our gateway (and EAM controller) to 8.1.32 from 8.1.26.

Am I able to do this with an EAM task or what is the best practice here? Remote into the VM and upgrade locally? I'm trying to minimize downtime as this gateway is high traffic and also the EAM controller for our other agents.

Thank you.

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**Author:** ![Patrick\_Chanthilack](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/patrick_chanthilack/32/42479_2.png) [@Patrick\_Chanthilack](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Patrick_Chanthilack)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2023, 10:51pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/upgrading-the-eam-controller-from-the-eam/81177/2 "2023-11-13T22:51:50Z")

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Hey @hw79,

You will have to upgrade the EAM controller locally if you are looking to move from 8.1.26 to 8.1.32. I did check to see if we have any best practices in our User Manual but this will only pertain to [upgrading EAM Agents](https://docs.inductiveautomation.com/display/DOC81/Remote+Upgrade).