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Updating from older CKEditor 5 versions

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Let an AI coding agent do the update for you. The official ckeditor-update skill walks your agent through every update guide between your version and the target one and applies the changes to your code. Install the CKEditor 5 skills:

npx skills add ckeditor/skills
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Then ask your agent, for example: “Update CKEditor 5 to the latest version” or name the version you want. Review the changes before you commit them. See the Using CKEditor 5 with AI coding agents guide for setup options and supported agents.

If you are upgrading a project from an older version of CKEditor 5, it is best to update one version at a time to avoid unexpected issues.

After upgrading your project to version 42, return to the current documentation and continue updating to the latest version.