brew-upgrade
Upgrade installed Homebrew packages to newer versions
TLDR
Upgrade all installed formulae and casks
$ brew upgrade
Upgrade specific formula$ brew upgrade [formula]
Upgrade specific cask$ brew upgrade --cask [cask]
Upgrade with verbose output$ brew upgrade --verbose [formula]
Upgrade and display install times$ brew upgrade --display-times
Dry run showing what would be upgraded$ brew upgrade --dry-run
SYNOPSIS
brew upgrade [options] [formula|cask] ...
DESCRIPTION
brew upgrade upgrades outdated formulae and casks. Without arguments, it upgrades all installed packages. With arguments, it upgrades only the specified packages.
The command also handles outdated dependents and dependents with broken linkage automatically.
PARAMETERS
--cask
Treat all arguments as casks--formula
Treat all arguments as formulae--dry-run
Show what would be upgraded without upgrading--verbose
Print detailed upgrade information--display-times
Print upgrade times for each package--force
Upgrade even if no newer version is available--greedy
Also upgrade casks with auto_updates or version :latest--fetch-HEAD
Fetch upstream repository for HEAD installations
ENVIRONMENT
HOMEBREW_NO_INSTALLED_DEPENDENTS_CHECK
Skip upgrading outdated dependentsHOMEBREW_NO_INSTALL_CLEANUP
Skip automatic cleanup after upgrade
CAVEATS
Cask upgrades may use uninstall/reinstall or content replacement strategy. The content replacement strategy preserves macOS app permissions. Run brew update first to fetch the latest package definitions.
SEE ALSO
brew(1), brew-update(1), brew-outdated(1), brew-install(1)