# Announcing a new release of the cht-upgrade-service for Docker 29 **URL:** \ **Category:** Releases\ **Created:** [December 9, 2025, 6:49pm UTC](https://forum.communityhealthtoolkit.org/t/announcing-a-new-release-of-the-cht-upgrade-service-for-docker-29/5456 "2025-12-09T18:49:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mrjones](https://communityhealthtoolkit.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.communityhealthtoolkit.org/mrjones/32/681_2.png) [@mrjones](https://forum.communityhealthtoolkit.org/u/mrjones)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2025, 6:49pm UTC](https://forum.communityhealthtoolkit.org/t/announcing-a-new-release-of-the-cht-upgrade-service-for-docker-29/5456/1 "2025-12-09T18:49:49Z")
We are happy to announce a new release of the [cht-upgrade-service](https://github.com/medic/cht-upgrade-service)! CHT `4.x` and `5.x` deployments should follow [these steps](https://docs.communityhealthtoolkit.org/hosting/cht/docker/installation/#upgrading-the-cht-upgrade-service) to install the new version of the CHT Upgrade Service. (Deployments hosted via Kubernetes do not include the `cht-upgrade-service` and so no action is required.) #### Docker 29 Incompatibility The new release of the `cht-upgrade-service` includes a fix required for the Upgrade Service to be [compatible with Docker 29](https://github.com/medic/cht-upgrade-service/issues/50). You must take this release before performing an upgrade of the CHT on a host running Docker 29. Otherwise, the CHT upgrade will fail to complete. ##### Recovering from a failed CHT upgrade with Docker 29 Thankfully, if you do try to upgrade your CHT instance on a host running Docker 29 without first installing the latest version of the CHT Upgrade Service, the recovery is simple. Run the steps linked above to install the latest version of the CHT Upgrade Service. Once the new `cht-upgrade-service` container starts, it will complete the CHT upgrade properly.