# Updating to version 1.5

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/updating-to-version-1-5/45648>\
**Category:** New to Julia\
**Created:** [August 27, 2020, 11:01pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/updating-to-version-1-5/45648 "2020-08-27T23:01:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![lmiq](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/lmiq/32/18314_2.png) [@lmiq](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/lmiq)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2020, 12:55am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/updating-to-version-1-5/45648/2 "2020-08-28T00:55:31Z")

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You can download the new Julia version to any directory, and just change the path to the Julia executable Atom is using.

Concerning the packages, probably this is the best way to update the packages to the new version: [Managing packages for multiple julia versions - #2 by affans](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/managing-packages-for-multiple-julia-versions/33352/2)

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