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Manually Upgrade the Firmware on an AP

For efficiency and to keep up with new releases, you'll typically use automatic upgrades. But when needed, you can upgrade the firmware manually.

You can select either a single AP or multiple APs for firmware upgrades.

Note:

With the manual upgrade process, you can upgrade or downgrade the firmware on your AP. With the automatic upgrade process, you can only upgrade the firmware; you cannot downgrade the firmware.

If your AP is part of a site that has auto updates enabled:

  • You can either upgrade or downgrade the firmware version manually irrespective of the version configured for auto upgrade.
  • If you manually upgrade the firmware to a version that is higher than the version configured for auto upgrade, then Mist will not run an auto update on the AP (as this would downgrade the firmware version on the AP).
  • If you manually upgrade or downgrade the firmware to a version that is lower than the version configured for auto upgrade, then Mist will run the auto update process and upgrade the firmware version on the AP.

To manually upgrade the AP firmware:

  1. From the left menu, select Access Points.
  2. Use the Filter box to narrow down the list to show only the APs that you want to upgrade.
    For example, filter by entering tags, version number, or any of the fields listed in the table.
  3. Select the APs that you want to update.
  4. Click the Upgrade APs button in the top-right corner of the Access Points page.
    The Upgrade APs Firmware window appears.
  5. Click Proceed.

    Upgrade APs Firmware dialog box with message about auto-upgrade schedule. Buttons: red Proceed and gray Cancel. Close button at top-right.

  6. Select the firmware version to upgrade to, and then click Next.

    Upgrade AP Firmware interface showing model AP45, selected device S3-AP45-1, current firmware version 0.15.33409, upgrade version 0.15.33409, dropdown menu to select version, and options to cancel or proceed with next.

  7. In the Upgrade Settings section of the window, select the download method.

    • Download now—With this option, the reboot schedule will be set to Reboot now, but you can optionally choose Reboot later.

    • Download later—Choose this option if you want to schedule the download for a future date and time. Then, under the Reboot later option, enter the schedule.

      Upgrade interface for Access Point firmware showing options to download immediately or schedule for November 14, 2025 at 5:18 AM, with one AP selected and buttons to cancel or schedule.


  8. Click Schedule.
    Depending on the selected download options, the download either starts immediately or is scheduled for the specified date and time.
Note:

If you try to manually upgrade a disconnected AP, the upgrade process starts only when the AP reconnects to the Juniper Mist cloud.