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title: "Upgrading Drupal Starter Kits and its dependencies"
date: "2024-02-14T06:18:38+00:00"
summary: "Learn how to upgrade Drupal Starter Kits and its dependencies with our comprehensive guide. Follow step-by-step instructions to seamlessly transition from 1.x to 2.x and update Drupal core to the latest versions."
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Rebranding notice!

Acquia announces rebranding of its “Acquia CMS” offering, which includes a collection of Drupal modules. “Acquia CMS” is now referred to as “Drupal Starter Kits”.

The upgrade of Drupal Starter Kits from 1.x to 2.x changes it from a profile to a module. The Drupal Starter Kits 2.x module retains all the required dependencies previously available in the Drupal Starter Kits 1.x profile. When you upgrade to Drupal Starter Kits 2.x, you can use the latest features of the composable architecture.

Important

The instructions on this page are tested with the following versions of Drupal core and Drupal Starter Kits:

*   `drupal/core:9.3.17`
*   `acquia/acquia_cms:1.4.11`

If you use any other versions than the listed ones, instructions might differ.

Prerequisites
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*   Update your PHP version as follows:
    *   If you upgrade Drupal core to the latest version of 10.x, update the PHP version to 8.1 with the following command:
        
            composer config platform.php 8.1
        
    *   If you upgrade Drupal core to the latest version of 11.x, update the PHP version to 8.3 with the following command:
        
            composer config platform.php 8.3
        
*   Take a backup of database and configuration of your site.
*   Complete your site setup as mentioned in [Studio configuration management strategy](https://sitestudiodocs.acquia.com/user-guide/configure-sync-module).
*   Install `drush` as part of your Drupal codebase so that you can run all drush commands from the `./vendor/bin/drush` directory.

Upgrade checklist
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To upgrade Drupal Starter Kits to 2.x, complete the following tasks:

Step No.

Task

1

[Upgrading Drupal Starter Kits 1.x from its current version to the latest version](/drupal-starter-kits/upgrading-drupal-starter-kits-1x-its-current-version-latest-version "Upgrading Drupal Starter Kits 1.x from its current version to the latest version") 

2

[Upgrading Drupal Starter Kits from 1.x to 2.x](/drupal-starter-kits/upgrading-drupal-starter-kits-1x-2x "Upgrading Drupal Starter Kits 1.x to 2.x")

3

[Upgrading Drupal core to the latest version of 10.x](/drupal-starter-kits/upgrading-drupal-core-latest-version-10x "Upgrading Drupal core to the latest version of 10.x")

4

[Upgrading Drupal core to the latest version of 11.x](/drupal-starter-kits/upgrading-drupal-core-latest-version-11x "Upgrading Drupal core to the latest version of 11.x")