Upgrading Valetudo

If you’re a long time user of Valetudo, you will probably at some point want to upgrade to a newer Valetudo version.

The release notes of a new version can always be found in the releases section.

This information will most likely become outdated rather quickly so make sure to check this page on each update.

Upgrading Roborock Vacuums

The recommended way

Since we’re still seeing changes and fixes to the image building process for these devices, it is recommended to reflash a new firmware on each Valetudo upgrade.

Your settings will not be reset by this. Still, it’s always recommended to make a backup beforehand. See Files to backup for this.

Alternate approaches

If you for some reason do not want to reflash your vacuum, it’s also possible to stop the Valetudo service, scp the new binary to /usr/local/bin/valetudo and start the service or reboot.

There are different commands to do so depending on your firmware version. e.g. service valetudo stop or /etc/init/S11valetudo stop.