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Fortunately, Sprites are disposable. If your workload doesn't require the Sprite to live long-term, upgrading is easy: destroy the Sprite and create a new one! If you need to copy files over, try [mounting the filesystem locally](/working-with-sprites/#mounting-filesystem-locally).

If creating a new Sprite is impractical, you can also upgrade Ubuntu in-place. Keep in mind that bundled software (such as agents and language toolchains) must be upgraded separately. Install the Ubuntu upgrader with:

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```bash
sudo apt update
sudo apt install ubuntu-release-upgrader-core
```

With the upgrader installed, follow the [official instructions](https://ubuntu.com/server/docs/how-to/software/upgrade-your-release/) from Ubuntu. In short:

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```bash
# upgrade to the latest packages for the current release
sudo apt upgrade

# checkpoint the filesystem
sprite-env checkpoints create --comment "Before Ubuntu upgrade"

# switch to the new release
sudo do-release-upgrade

# upgrade installed packages to the new release
sudo apt upgrade
sudo apt full-upgrade
```
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