# How to update a package?

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-update-a-package/107727>\
**Category:** General Usage\
**Tags:** question\
**Created:** [December 17, 2023, 7:27am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-update-a-package/107727 "2023-12-17T07:27:17Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Post date:** [December 17, 2023, 7:27am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-update-a-package/107727/1 "2023-12-17T07:27:17Z")

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```julia
julia> Pkg.update("thepackage")
ERROR: UndefVarError: `Pkg` not defined
Stacktrace:
 [1] top-level scope
   @ REPL[38]:1

```

What is the correct way?

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**Author:** ![cjdoris](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/cjdoris/32/213133_2.png) [@cjdoris](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/cjdoris)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2023, 7:35am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-update-a-package/107727/2 "2023-12-17T07:35:12Z")

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You need to `import Pkg` or `using Pkg` just like with any other package you want to access.