This article illustrates the upgrade from FreeBSD 14.4 to FreeBSD 14.5
Take a full backup or create a snapshot before upgrading.
The whole upgrade process will take about 15-20 minutes. During this time all applications are available to the users.
uname -r
14.4-RELEASE-p12
sudo freebsd-update fetch install
src component not installed, skipped
Looking up update.FreeBSD.org mirrors... 3 mirrors found.
Fetching metadata signature for 14.4-RELEASE from update1.freebsd.org... done.
Fetching metadata index... done.
Inspecting system... done.
Preparing to download files... done.
No updates needed to update system to 14.4-RELEASE-p6.
date
Sun Nov 1 09:07:14 CET 2026
sudo freebsd-update upgrade -r 14.5-RELEASE
src component not installed, skipped
Looking up update.FreeBSD.org mirrors... 3 mirrors found.
Fetching public key from update2.freebsd.org... done.
Fetching metadata signature for 14.4-RELEASE from update2.freebsd.org... done.
Fetching metadata index... done.
Fetching 2 metadata files... done.
Inspecting system...
The following components of FreeBSD seem to be installed:
kernel/generic world/base
The following components of FreeBSD do not seem to be installed:
kernel/generic-dbg world/base-dbg
Does this look reasonable (y/n)? y
Fetching metadata signature for 14.5-RELEASE from update2.freebsd.org... done.
Fetching metadata index... done.
Fetching 1 metadata patches. done.
Applying metadata patches... done.
Fetching 1 metadata files... done.
To install the downloaded upgrades, run 'freebsd-update [options] install'.
date
Sun Nov 1 09:26:21 CET 2026
sudo /usr/sbin/freebsd-update install
src component not installed, skipped
Creating snapshot of existing boot environment... done.
Installing updates...
Kernel updates have been installed. Please reboot and run
'freebsd-update [options] install' again to finish installing updates.
sudo /usr/sbin/freebsd-update install
src component not installed, skipped
src component not installed, skipped
Creating snapshot of existing boot environment... done.
Installing updates...
Restarting sshd after upgrade
Performing sanity check on sshd configuration.
Stopping sshd.
Waiting for PIDS: 1095.
Performing sanity check on sshd configuration.
Starting sshd.
Completing this upgrade requires removing old shared object files.
Please upgrade or rebuild all installed 3rd party software (e.g.,
programs installed with pkg or from the ports tree) and then run
'freebsd-update [options] install' again to finish installing update
uname -r
14.4-RELEASE-p12
shutdown -r now
date
Sun Nov 1 10:14:31 CET 2026
sudo freebsd-update fetch
src component not installed, skipped
Looking up update.FreeBSD.org mirrors... 3 mirrors found.
Fetching metadata signature for 14.5-RELEASE from update1.freebsd.org... done.
Fetching metadata index... done.
Fetching 1 metadata patches. done.
Applying metadata patches... done.
Fetching 2 metadata files... done.
Inspecting system... done.
Preparing to download files... done.
No updates needed to update system to 14.5-RELEASE-p3.
sudo pkg update && sudo pkg upgrade
Updating FreeBSD repository catalogue...
FreeBSD repository is up to date.
Updating FreeBSD-kmods repository catalogue...
pkg: Repository FreeBSD-kmods has a wrong packagesite, need to re-create database
Fetching meta.conf: 100% 168 B 0.2 kB/s 00:01
Fetching data: 100% 41 KiB 41.5 kB/s 00:01
Processing entries: 100%
FreeBSD-kmods repository update completed. 276 packages processed.
All repositories are up to date.
Updating FreeBSD repository catalogue...
FreeBSD repository is up to date.
Updating FreeBSD-kmods repository catalogue...
FreeBSD-kmods repository is up to date.
All repositories are up to date.
Checking for upgrades (5 candidates): 100%
Processing candidates (5 candidates): 100%
The following 2 package(s) will be affected (of 0 checked):
Installed packages to be UPGRADED:
rsync: 3.4.4_1 -> 3.5.1 [FreeBSD]
xxhash: 0.8.3 -> 0.8.4 [FreeBSD]
Number of packages to be upgraded: 2
600 KiB to be downloaded.
Proceed with this action? [y/N]: y
[1/2] Fetching rsync-3.5.1: 100% 449 KiB 459.8 kB/s 00:01
[2/2] Fetching xxhash-0.8.4: 100% 151 KiB 155.0 kB/s 00:01
Checking integrity... done (0 conflicting)
[1/2] Upgrading xxhash from 0.8.3 to 0.8.4...
[1/2] Extracting xxhash-0.8.4: 100%
[2/2] Upgrading rsync from 3.4.4_1 to 3.5.1...
[2/2] Extracting rsync-3.5.1: 100%
df -k sudo find /var/db/freebsd-update/files -type f -mtime +10d -delete df -k sudo zfs list -t snapshot destroy old snapshots. Important: keep the latest!!! ssudo zfs destroy -Rv zroot/ROOT/default@2026-12-08-05:52...
Published: Nov. 1, 2026
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