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2 title: Updating your published package version number
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5 When you make significant changes to a published package, we recommend updating the version number to communicate the extent of the changes to others who rely on your code.
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7 <Note>
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9 **Note:** If you have linked a git repository to a package, updating the package version number will also add a tag with the updated release number to the linked git repository.
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11 </Note>
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13 1. To change the version number in `package.json`, on the command line, in the package root directory, run the following command, replacing `<update_type>` with one of the [semantic versioning][semver] release types (patch, major, or minor):
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15 ```
16 npm version <update_type>
17 ```
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19 2. Run `npm publish`.
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21 3. Go to your package page (`https://npmjs.com/package/<package>`) to check that the package version has been updated.
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23 For more information on `npm version`, see the [CLI documentation][cli-version].
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25 [semver]: about-semantic-versioning
26 [cli-version]: /cli/version