How can I update/downgrade package version with yarn?

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I have a package and I want to downgrade the version use. How can I do this with yarn "dependencies"?

Is it answer for your question https://classic.yarnpkg.com/en/docs/cli/upgrade/ — Dima Vak, May 28 '20 at 07:19
@Emre if your question is answered, please select the answer. — hartshoj, Oct 12 '20 at 22:51

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Yarn version	Command	Example
1	`yarn upgrade package@version`	`yarn upgrade luxon@^3.0.1`
2, 3	`yarn up package@version`	`yarn up luxon@^3.0.1`

Use yarn -v to check your Yarn version.
Though the command is upgrade, it can be used for downgrading too.

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answered Jul 21 '20 at 18:50

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Now for Yarn 2 the syntax is `yarn up package@version`. – Boggin Jun 28 '22 at 13:34
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For anyone getting zsh: no matches found, try adding quotes to the package: yarn upgrade "luxon@^3.0.1" – NYC Tech Engineer Jan 27 '23 at 20:40

Vimal Raj · Answer 2 · 2021-03-30T19:02:27.223

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This is the official documentation https://classic.yarnpkg.com/en/docs/cli/upgrade There is no keyword for downgrading to a specific version.you have to use the upgrade keyword for both

yarn upgrade package@version

For example

yarn upgrade @types/express-session@^1.15.16

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Emanuel Lindström · Answer 3 · 2023-06-01T08:30:14.687

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You can upgrade/downgrade a package interactively like so:

yarn upgrade my_package@^

This will produce an interactive list of available versions for the package for you to choose from. Like so:

Couldn't find any versions for "my_package" that matches "^"
? Please choose a version of "my_package" from this list: (Use arrow keys)
❯ 0.10.1
  0.10.0
  0.9.3
  0.9.2
  0.9.1
  0.9.0
  0.8.2
  0.8.0

One advantage of this method over using the upgrade-interactive keyword is that this produces an interactive list no matter what. While upgrade-interactive only gives you a list if your package is out of date. Thus, you can't always downgrade using the upgrade-interactive keyword.

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answered Jun 07 '22 at 11:35

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This results in the message "More?" which is completely incomprehensible – Hammerite Sep 22 '22 at 15:49
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There's no reason to cause an error to upgrade a package interactively. You can just use `yarn upgrade-interactive my_package`. You can also use the `--latest` parameter to bypass the version limit configured on `package.json`, if necessary. – Cobra May 31 '23 at 14:16
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@Cobra That doesn't work if you want to downgrade. `upgrade-interactive` will only work on packages that are out of date. As the documentation says: `yarn upgrade-interactive displays the outdated package list and lets you immediately chose which to upgrade` My method will always give you an interactive list. Thus, also allowing you to downgrade packages. – Emanuel Lindström Jun 01 '23 at 08:26
@EmanuelLindström True. I honestly didn't even notice that the text of the question mentioned only downgrading, I was going by the title. – Cobra Jun 03 '23 at 16:21

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