Update npm to latest version in windows

Dhyani Yashora
Nerd For Tech
Published in
1 min readJan 23, 2024

In the fast-evolving landscape of web development, keeping your tools up-to-date is essential. npm, the package manager for Node.js, regularly releases updates with new features, optimizations, and bug fixes. Ensuring you have the latest npm version not only enhances your development environment but also allows you to leverage the most recent capabilities. In this guide, we’ll walk through the straightforward process of updating npm to the latest version on a Windows operating system, empowering you to stay at the forefront of web development. Let’s dive in!

To check current npm version, open your command prompt and run the command;

npm -v

To check the latest version available you have to run the command;

npm view npm version

To update your npm version to the latest version run the command;

npm i -g npm

If this command doesn’t work run the command;

npm install npm@latest -g

To update npm packages run the command;

npm update -g npm

Now the npm version is updated to the latest npm version.

Thanks for reading and hope you enjoyed!

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Dhyani Yashora
Nerd For Tech

Undergraduate at Faculty of Information Technology, University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka