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laltuzar
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February 5, 2026

Technical Tip: FortiSwitch rolls back to old firmware even after successful upgrade attempt

  • February 5, 2026
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Description This article describes how to fix FortiSwitch rolling back to the previous firmware even after a successful upgrade attempt.
Scope Managed FortiSwitch.
Solution

Delete old firmware images existing on FortiGate:

Command to check existing firmware images for FortiSwitch models:

 

execute switch-controller switch-software list-available

 

Command to delete an image or all firmware images from FortiGate:

 

execute switch-controller switch-software delete <all>|<image-name>

 

After deleting the existing images, upgrade FortiSwitch again. FortiSwitch should upgrade to the desired image.

 

See reference commands: execute switch-controller.