---
title: Upgrading
description: Upgrades between minor versions of the agent, like from 3.1 to 3.2 are always backwards compatible. Upgrades that involve a major version bump often come...
url: https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3016/reference/apm/agents/python/upgrading
products:
  - APM Agent
  - APM Python Agent
applies_to:
  - Serverless Observability projects: Generally available
  - Elastic Stack: Generally available
  - Application Performance Monitoring Agent for Python: Generally available
---

# Upgrading
Upgrades between minor versions of the agent, like from 3.1 to 3.2 are always backwards compatible. Upgrades that involve a major version bump often come with some backwards incompatible changes.
We highly recommend to always pin the version of `elastic-apm` in your `requirements.txt` or `Pipfile`. This avoids automatic upgrades to potentially incompatible versions.

## End of life dates

We love all our products, but sometimes we must say goodbye to a release so that we can continue moving forward on future development and innovation. Our [End of life policy](https://www.elastic.co/support/eol) defines how long a given release is considered supported, as well as how long a release is considered still in active development or maintenance.