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Upgrade instructions for the 5.1.0 release (September 2025)

Last update: Wed Oct 01 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

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This article covers the upgrade instructions and the compatibility matrix for 5.1.0 release of Adobe Experience Manager Guides.

For more information about the new features and enhancements, view What’s new in the 5.1.0 release.

For the list of issues that have been fixed in this release, view Fixed issues in the 5.1.0 release.

Compatibility matrix

This section lists the compatibility matrix for the software applications supported by Experience Manager Guides 5.1.0 release.

AEM Guides
AEM Version
Service Pack
5.1.0 (UUID)
6.5 LTS
1
5.1.0 (UUID)
6.5
23, 22, 21

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

FrameMaker and FrameMaker Publishing Server

Release
FMPS
FM
5.1.0 (UUID)
Supported
2022 or higher

Oxygen Connector

Release
Oxygen Connector Windows
Oxygen Connector Mac
Edit in Oxygen Windows
Edit in Oxygen Mac
5.1.0 (UUID)
3.8-uuid.1
3.8-uuid.1
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

AEM Guides
AEM version
Components version
Site version
5.1.0 UUID
6.5 LTS
guides-components.all-1.4.1
aemg-docs.all-1.2.0
5.1.0 UUID
6.5
guides-components.all-1.4.0
aemg-docs.all-1.2.0

Upgrade to Experience Manager Guides 5.1.0

You can easily upgrade your current version of Experience Manager Guides to version 5.1.0 on AEM 6.5 or AEM 6.5 LTS.

NOTE
If you are currently on AEM 6.5 and plan to move to AEM 6.5 LTS, make sure to complete the AEM upgrade first before proceeding with the Experience Manager Guides 5.1.0 upgrade. For details, view Upgrading to Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) 6.5 LTS.

Before you proceed with upgrading to version 5.1.0 of Experience Manager Guides, you must consider the following points:

  • If you are using version 4.6.3, 4.6.4, 5.0.0, or 5.0.0 Service Pack 1, then you can directly upgrade to version 5.1.0.
  • If you are using version 4.6.0, 4.6.1, then you need to upgrade to version 4.6.3 or 4.6.4 or 5.0.0 before upgrading to version 5.1.0.
  • 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 5.1.0.
  • 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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