{"id":12980,"date":"2023-06-07T15:18:22","date_gmt":"2023-06-07T15:18:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test2.gginternal.net\/knowledgebase\/article\/how-to-update-your-minecraft-server-to-120x\/"},"modified":"2025-06-17T17:27:30","modified_gmt":"2025-06-17T17:27:30","slug":"how-to-update-your-minecraft-server-to-120x","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/ggservers.com\/knowledgebase\/article\/how-to-update-your-minecraft-server-to-120x\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Update Your Minecraft Server to 1.21.x"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to Update Your Minecraft Server to 1.21.6 (Vanilla)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Updating your server is simple and only takes a few clicks:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Stop<\/strong> your server from the panel<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Head to the <strong>Server Type Installer<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Select <strong>Vanilla &gt; 1.21.6 &gt; Latest<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click <strong>Install<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Start<\/strong> your server again and enjoy!<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ggservers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-308-1024x528.png\" alt=\"GGServers control panel showing how to install Minecraft 1.21.6 using the Server Type Installer with Vanilla selected.\" class=\"wp-image-2656\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Follow these steps on GGServers to update your server to Minecraft 1.21.6 using the Server Type Installer.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>\ud83d\udd12 <strong>Don&#8217;t forget to backup your world first:<\/strong><br>\ud83d\udc49 <a href=\"https:\/\/ggservers.com\/knowledgebase\/article\/how-to-create-a-backup-of-your-world\/\">How to create a backup<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-ht-blocks-messages wp-block-hb-message wp-block-hb-message--withicon is-style-success\">If you find any issues changing your server to the <code>1.20.X<\/code> version, please contact us on live chat or via the <a href=\"https:\/\/ggservers.com\/knowledgebase\/article\/how-to-open-a-support-ticket\/\">ticket system<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u2755 Useful Links \u2755<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ggservers.com\/knowledgebase\/article\/how-to-connect-to-your-server-using-filezilla\/\">How to connect with FileZilla<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ggservers.com\/knowledgebase\/article\/how-to-upload-a-world-to-your-server\/\">How to Upload a World to Your Server<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ggservers.com\/knowledgebase\/article\/how-to-fix-failed-to-verify-username-in-your-server-enable-offline-mode\/\">How To: Change your server to offline mode<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Updating your Minecraft server to Minecraft 1.20 is an easy process with just a few clicks! There&#8217;s no easier way to host a server than with our Minecraft Server Hosting services!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_sitemap_exclude":false,"_sitemap_priority":"","_sitemap_frequency":"","footnotes":""},"ht-kb-category":[27],"ht-kb-tag":[],"class_list":["post-12980","ht_kb","type-ht_kb","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","ht_kb_category-minecraft"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ggservers.com\/knowledgebase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/12980","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ggservers.com\/knowledgebase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ggservers.com\/knowledgebase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ht_kb"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ggservers.com\/knowledgebase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ggservers.com\/knowledgebase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12980"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ggservers.com\/knowledgebase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/12980\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16424,"href":"https:\/\/ggservers.com\/knowledgebase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/12980\/revisions\/16424"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ggservers.com\/knowledgebase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12980"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ggservers.com\/knowledgebase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-category?post=12980"},{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ggservers.com\/knowledgebase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-tag?post=12980"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}