# Upgrade from 2-16-5 to 3 " There's no upgrade package available for download."

**URL:** https://forum.mautic.org/t/upgrade-from-2-16-5-to-3-theres-no-upgrade-package-available-for-download/19078
**Category:** Product Support
**Tags:** mautic-3
**Created:** [April 19, 2021, 2:27pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/upgrade-from-2-16-5-to-3-theres-no-upgrade-package-available-for-download/19078 "2021-04-19T14:27:31Z")
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### Author: ![silavapi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.mautic.org/silavapi/32/7424_2.png) [@silavapi](https://forum.mautic.org/u/silavapi)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2021, 2:55pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/upgrade-from-2-16-5-to-3-theres-no-upgrade-package-available-for-download/19078/4 "2021-04-20T14:55:55Z")

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Can you try this step using curl?

> [@Upgrade 2.16.3 to 3.0 a mess again](https://forum.mautic.org/t/upgrade-2-16-3-to-3-0-a-mess-again/15647/3):
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> @modifiedcontent What @rcheesley mentioned is completely correct. You’ll need to download the full 3.0.2 package for the upgrade from 2.x to 3, due to some file system changes. The direct link to that package is [https://github.com/mautic/mautic/releases/download/3.0.2/3.0.2.zip](https://github.com/mautic/mautic/releases/download/3.0.2/3.0.2.zip). Nevertheless, I’m curious why the script isn’t working properly for you. If you try curl https://github.com/mautic/mautic/releases/download/3.0.2/3.0.2.zip --output mautic-3-update-package.zip, does that work? Then the…

You cannot just move folders around - there are many complex steps that you need to go through including file and database changes. You must use the upgrade script.

If this throws an error we may have a culprit - if not we will see if we can step through what is causing the upgrade script to halt. It is designed to halt if there are problems that will affect the installation, we just need to track down what the problem is!

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