Upgrade Redpanda Connect using `rpk`

Redpanda Connect uses the rpk connect plugin to manage upgrades, which is automatically installed when you start to run rpk connect commands from the rpk CLI. You do not need to upgrade the entire rpk CLI.

Upgrade Redpanda Connect

The simplest way to upgrade is to use the rpk connect upgrade command. But if required, you can also upgrade (or downgrade) to a specific Redpanda Connect version.

Prerequisites

rpk CLI installed
Review the release notes of the Redpanda Connect version you want to upgrade to.

Upgrade to the latest version

Upgrade to the latest version of Redpanda Connect.

Check the version of Redpanda Connect already installed.
```
rpk connect --version
```

Upgrade to the latest released version.

rpk connect upgrade

Example output:

Redpanda Connect successfully upgraded from 4.38.0 to the latest version (4.42.0).

For a full list of rpk connect upgrade options, run:

rpk connect upgrade --help

Upgrade to a specific version

Force an upgrade (or downgrade) to a specific version of Redpanda Connect using the following command.

rpk connect install --connect-version <version> --force

Replace the <version> placeholder with the full version number, for example: 4.38.0. You may need to wait a few seconds before the installation completes.

Example output:

Redpanda Connect 4.38.0 successfully installed.

Uninstall the `rpk connect` plugin

If you no longer want to use Redpanda Connect, you can uninstall the rpk connect plugin from the CLI.

rpk connect uninstall

Example output:

PATH                                                MESSAGE
/Users/username/.local/bin/.rpk.managed-connect     OK

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