Upgrade Neo4j on Kubernetes

Upgrade to a new minor version

To upgrade to the next release of Neo4j, update your Neo4j values.yaml file and upgrade the helm release.

Open the values.yaml file, using the code editor of your choice, and add the following line to the image object:
```
image:
  customImage: neo4j:2026.03.1
```

Run helm upgrade to apply the changes:

helm upgrade <release-name> neo4j/neo4j -f values.yaml

For detailed steps on how to upgrade a standalone Neo4j across 2025-2026 releases, see Upgrade and Migration Guide → Upgrade a standalone server using Helm chart.

For instructions on how to perform a rolling upgrade of Neo4j cluster across 2025-2026 releases, see Upgrade and Migration Guide → Upgrade a cluster using Helm chart.

To upgrade Neo4j Community to Enterprise edition, run:

helm upgrade <release-name> neo4j/neo4j --reuse-values --set neo4j.edition=enterprise --set neo4j.acceptLicenseAgreement=yes