How to Change your Minecraft Server's Version

If you have a Forge server, we have a dedicated tutorial for this software on how to change the version: click here to check it out.

If you are looking to change the software of your Minecraft server (switching from Forge to PaperMC, from Java to Bedrock, etc.), please refer to this article.

The first step is to ensure that the Minecraft version and Java version are correct. To do this, access your server in our panel. Go to the Startup section, which you will find at the bottom left.

In the Minecraft Version field, type the version you want, and in the Docker Image field, select the appropriate Java version:

• Java 8: for all Minecraft versions up to 1.15.x

• Java 16: for Minecraft 1.16.x & 1.17.x

• Java 17: for Minecraft 1.18.x

• Java 18: for Minecraft 1.19.x-1.20.x

Next, connect to your server via SFTP to save everything you want to keep (refer to the SFTP connection tutorial).

Once you have saved everything you need, delete all the files inside the server and click on the Reinstall server button in the Settings section.

Now, start the server and shut it down once it has fully loaded. Finally, upload the files you saved earlier back to the server.

Start the server again, and now you have the desired version!