You know that “A new version of azd is available” message that pops up every few weeks? The one you dismiss because you can’t remember whether you installed azd via winget, Homebrew, or that curl script you ran six months ago? Yeah, that’s finally fixed.
Microsoft just shipped azd update — a single command that updates the Azure Developer CLI to the latest version regardless of how you originally installed it. Windows, macOS, Linux — doesn’t matter. One command.
How it works
azd update
That’s it. If you want early access to new features, you can switch to the daily insiders build:
azd update --channel daily
azd update --channel stable
The command detects your current installation method and uses the appropriate update mechanism under the hood. No more “wait, did I use winget or choco on this machine?”
The small catch
azd update ships starting with version 1.23.x. If you’re on an older version, you’ll need to do one last manual update using your original installation method. After that, azd update handles everything going forward.
Check your current version with azd version. If you need a fresh install, the install docs have you covered.
Why it matters
This is a small quality-of-life improvement, but for those of us who use azd daily for deploying AI agents and Aspire apps to Azure, staying current means fewer “this bug was already fixed in the latest version” moments. One less thing to think about.
Read the full announcement and Jon Gallant’s deeper dive for more context.
