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SimoSimo77
New Member
January 16, 2026
Question

Inconsistent Upgrade Paths for FortiGate Firewalls

  • January 16, 2026
  • 1 reply
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Hello,

We are preparing to upgrade our FortiGate firewall fleet. However, when checking the upgrade path on Fortinet’s website, we noticed that different upgrade paths are suggested for the same firewall model.

When using the following tool: https://docs.fortinet.com/upgrade-tool/fortigate

 

The suggested upgrade path is:

 

  • 7.0.14 M (Current version)
  • 7.2.10 M
  • 7.4.8 M
  • 7.4.9 M (Target version)

 

However, when using the upgrade path tool available at: https://support.fortinet.com/support/#/downloads/firmware

 

The suggested upgrade path is:

  • 7.0.14 M (Current version)
  • 7.2.9 M
  • 7.4.7 M
  • 7.4.9 M (Target version)

Could you please clarify which upgrade path should be followed and the reason for this discrepancy?

1 reply

joshbergm
Explorer
January 16, 2026

Hi,

I think you should use the first option.

Maybe the tool from the support portal has not been updated with the new firmware's yet.