# \[Action Required\] Please update your Flow node (all role) to v0.51.0-rc.1

**URL:** https://forum.flow.com/t/action-required-please-update-your-flow-node-all-role-to-v0-51-0-rc-1/8695
**Category:** Node Operations
**Created:** [August 18, 2026, 3:23pm UTC](https://forum.flow.com/t/action-required-please-update-your-flow-node-all-role-to-v0-51-0-rc-1/8695 "2026-08-18T15:23:16Z")
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### Author: ![vishal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/49beb7/32.png) [@vishal](https://forum.flow.com/u/vishal)
#### Post date: [August 18, 2026, 3:23pm UTC](https://forum.flow.com/t/action-required-please-update-your-flow-node-all-role-to-v0-51-0-rc-1/8695/1 "2026-08-18T15:23:16Z")

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The Height Co-ordinated Upgrade is now complete.

**Access, Verification, Execution, Collection and Consensus:**

If you are running any Flow Node (Access, Verification, Execution, Collection or Consensus node) then please upgrade the node to docker tag **`v0.51.0-rc.1`** as per the instructions here: [Flow mainnet Zero Downtime Height Coordinated Upgrade on Tuesday, Aug 18th at 15:00 UTC](https://forum.flow.com/t/flow-mainnet-zero-downtime-height-coordinated-upgrade-on-tuesday-aug-18th-at-15-00-utc/8691).

Alternate images: `v0.51.0-rc.1-without-adx` or `v0.51.0-rc.1-without-netgo-without-adx` or `v0.51.0-rc.1-arm`

_No changes to the flags._

_Do NOT delete your data folder._

_Public github tag will be available soon._

If you are running multiple nodes e.g. multiple consensus nodes, please update one node at a time pausing ~20 seconds between updates.

Thank you  
Flow Team

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### Author: ![vishal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/49beb7/32.png) [@vishal](https://forum.flow.com/u/vishal)
#### Post date: [August 18, 2026, 8:17pm UTC](https://forum.flow.com/t/action-required-please-update-your-flow-node-all-role-to-v0-51-0-rc-1/8695/2 "2026-08-18T20:17:20Z")

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Public github tag: [Release 18th Aug 2026 - Height Coordinated Upgrade on Mainnet28 at Block Height 161738787 · onflow/flow-go · GitHub](https://github.com/onflow/flow-go/releases/tag/v0.51.0)  
Alternate docker images: `v0.51.0`, `v0.51.0-without-adx` or `v0.51.0-without-netgo-without-adx` or `v0.51.0-arm`