/tags/updating/Recent post in Updating from Aroy ArtHugo -- gohugo.ioen-gbWed, 07 Jan 2026 17:07:11 +0000/blog/2026-01-07-update-meilisearch-running-inside-of-docker-compose/Wed, 07 Jan 2026 17:07:11 +0000/blog/2026-01-07-update-meilisearch-running-inside-of-docker-compose/<h2 id="intro">Intro</h2> <p>Upgrading between major Meilisearch releases isn&rsquo;t as simple as changing an image tag. Because Meilisearch uses a highly optimized internal database structure, its data files (<code>data.ms</code>) are version-specific. If you try to point Meilisearch <code>v1.31</code> at a <code>v1.12</code> database, it will crash on startup.</p>