Update n8n on EC2 – Stop the Critical Warning!
Learn how to safely update your self-hosted n8n instance running on AWS EC2 using Docker Compose. If you’re seeing the “Critical update available” warning in n8n, this step-by-step guide will walk you through checking your current version, pulling the latest image, and restarting your containers — all without losing credentials or workflows.
✅ What you’ll learn in this video:
How to check your n8n version
Where to find the latest update details
Pulling new Docker images
Stopping & restarting your n8n containers
Verifying the update was successful
🛠️ Tech stack:
AWS EC2
Docker + Docker Compose
n8n (Self-hosted automation platform)
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Timestamps:
00:00 Intro & version warning
01:32 Check current vs latest version
03:34 Select Docker Compose setup
04:03 Connect to EC2
06:01 Pull latest image
07:07 Stop old containers
09:23 Start new containers
10:45 Verify version updated
11:34 Data is retained