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Upgrade instructions for the 5.0.0 Service Pack 2 release (September 2025)

Last update: Wed Sep 10 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

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This article covers the upgrade instructions and the compatibility matrix for 5.0.0 Service Pack 2 release of Adobe Experience Manager Guides.

For the list of issues that have been fixed in this release, view Fixed issues in the 5.0.0 Service Pack 2 release.

Compatibility matrix

This section lists the compatibility matrix for the software applications supported by Experience Manager Guides 5.0.0 Service Pack 2 release.

Adobe Experience Manager

5.0.0 Service Pack 2 UUID

Version 6.5 Service Pack 22, Service Pack 21, and Service Pack 20

For more details, view the Technical requirements section in the On-Premise Installation and Configuration Guide.

FrameMaker and FrameMaker Publishing Server

Release
FMPS
FM
5.0.0 Service Pack 2 (UUID)
Supported
2022 or higher

Oxygen Connector

Release
Oxygen Connector Windows
Oxygen Connector Mac
Edit in Oxygen Windows
Edit in Oxygen Mac
5.0.0 Service Pack 2 (UUID)
3.7-uuid.2
3.7-uuid.2
2.3
2.3

Knowledge base template version

Components package name
Components version
Template version
Experience Manager Guides Components Content Package for Cloud Service
dxml-components.all-1.3.0
aem-site-template-dxml.all-1.0.4

New AEM Site template version

Components version
Site version
guides-components.all-1.3.0
aemg-docs.all-1.2.0

Upgrade to 5.0.0 Service Pack 2 release of Experience Manager Guides

You can easily upgrade your current version of Guides to version 5.0.0 Service Pack 2. Before you proceed with upgrading to version 5.0.0 Service Pack 2 of Experience Manager Guides, you must consider the following points:

  • If you are using version 5.0.0 Service Pack 1 or 5.0.0, then you can directly upgrade to version 5.0.0 Service Pack 2.
  • If you are using version 5.0.0, then you can directly upgrade to 5.0.0 Service Pack 1.
  • If you are using version 4.6.x, then you can directly upgrade to version 5.0.0.
  • If you are using version 4.3.x, 4.2, 4.2.1 (Hotfix 4.2.1.3), 4.1, or 4.1.x then you need to upgrade to version 4.4 before upgrading to version 5.0.0.
  • If you are using version 4.0 you need to upgrade to version 4.2 before upgrading to version 4.3.x.
  • If you are using version 3.8.5, you need to upgrade to version 4.0 before upgrading to version 4.2.
  • If you are on a version prior to 3.8.5, refer to the Upgrade Experience Manager Guides section in the product-specific installation guide available on Adobe Experience Manager Guides help PDF archive.
NOTE
You must install AEM service pack before upgrading Experience Manager Guides version.

For details, view Upgrade instructions for the On-premise releases of Experience Manager Guides.

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