Upgrade Ollama with Homebrew | Generated by AI
To upgrade Ollama to the latest version (currently v0.10.0 as of July 2025) using Homebrew on macOS, follow these steps:
- Update Homebrew’s formulae to ensure it knows about the latest available versions:
brew update - Upgrade Ollama specifically:
brew upgrade ollama - Verify the upgrade by checking the version:
ollama --version
If you’re running Ollama as a background service, restart it after the upgrade:
brew services restart ollama
Alternatively, if you run it manually, stop any existing process and start it again with your preferred command (e.g., from the caveats in your install output):
OLLAMA_FLASH_ATTENTION="1" OLLAMA_KV_CACHE_TYPE="q8_0" /opt/homebrew/opt/ollama/bin/ollama serve
No special upgrade instructions are needed beyond this standard process.