# Getting Node-RED 5 in FlowFuse Community Edition

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/getting-node-red-5-in-flowfuse-community-edition/101685>\
**Category:** FlowFuse\
**Tags:** docker\
**Created:** [26 August 2026 21:44 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/getting-node-red-5-in-flowfuse-community-edition/101685 "2026-08-26T21:44:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![kenm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bc79bd/32.png) [@kenm](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/kenm)\
**Post date:** [26 August 2026 21:44 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/getting-node-red-5-in-flowfuse-community-edition/101685/1 "2026-08-26T21:44:50Z")

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I've just started playing around with FlowFuse CE and I noticed that it is still running Node-RED 4.1.13. Is there some way to get 5.0.4? I tried the recommended upgrade instructions by downloading the latest docker compose yml file and then doing 'docker pull flowfuse/node-red:latest' but the version remained at 4.1.13.

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**Author:** ![JoW](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/jow/32/108217_2.png) [@JoW](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/JoW)\
**Post date:** [27 August 2026 09:30 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/getting-node-red-5-in-flowfuse-community-edition/101685/2 "2026-08-27T09:30:03Z")

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there is an image tagged [latest-5.0.x]  
There is a complete list here:

> **[flowfuse/node-red - Docker Image](https://hub.docker.com/r/flowfuse/node-red/tags)**

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**Author:** ![kenm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bc79bd/32.png) [@kenm](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/kenm)\
**Post date:** [27 August 2026 15:59 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/getting-node-red-5-in-flowfuse-community-edition/101685/3 "2026-08-27T15:59:32Z")

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Thanks for that info.

Clearly I don't know what I'm doing. I did docker pull flowfuse/node-red:latest-5.0.x. Does that seem correct?

I got the following:

latest-5.0.x: Pulling from flowfuse/node-red  
77e1316c7113: Pull complete  
003c89ad06b5: Pull complete  
39d15e01020d: Pull complete  
35db90a9633b: Pull complete  
679e094cb4a6: Pull complete  
2bb70416baa0: Pull complete  
0c588c236bb8: Pull complete  
443627c3cf35: Pull complete  
3925f1464fe6: Pull complete  
b2369a4cfaf2: Pull complete  
9d20ac4fa559: Pull complete  
a5973c68426c: Pull complete  
0b0637ad84f9: Pull complete  
b8b5c63906b3: Pull complete  
55ef7c9368c7: Pull complete  
4f4fb700ef54: Pull complete  
85dc09af440a: Pull complete  
4497773acfc2: Pull complete  
b811bf539da6: Pull complete  
fcae09a5a72c: Pull complete  
6fe292fbc61a: Pull complete  
63d2afeb6c2e: Pull complete  
c4cb9b1e2181: Pull complete  
702ed771514e: Pull complete  
9bfd5cae6480: Pull complete  
d4a6e1bf336a: Download complete  
Digest: sha256:6e513dceabeed8caf53c1bc9363ca507830a7e2826e45cd005d74138d9a9763a  
Status: Downloaded newer image for flowfuse/node-red:latest-5.0.x  
[docker.io/flowfuse/node-red:latest-5.0.x](http://docker.io/flowfuse/node-red:latest-5.0.x)

However I still have 4.1.13 when I create a new instance.

Obviously I'm missing something.

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**Author:** ![kenm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bc79bd/32.png) [@kenm](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/kenm)\
**Post date:** [27 August 2026 20:14 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/getting-node-red-5-in-flowfuse-community-edition/101685/4 "2026-08-27T20:14:01Z")

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Under Admin Settings, I found 'Templates' which seems like the logical place to specify the Node-RED version I want, but I don't see any place to do that in that form.

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**Author:** ![Steve-Mcl](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/steve-mcl/32/4826_2.png) [@Steve-Mcl](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Steve-Mcl)\
**Post date:** [28 August 2026 06:22 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/getting-node-red-5-in-flowfuse-community-edition/101685/5 "2026-08-28T06:22:24Z")

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In order to present different versions of node-red you need to set up the stack in admin settings: [Administering FlowFuse • FlowFuse Docs](https://flowfuse.com/docs/admin/introduction/#managing-stacks)

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**Author:** ![JoW](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/jow/32/108217_2.png) [@JoW](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/JoW)\
**Post date:** [28 August 2026 06:25 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/getting-node-red-5-in-flowfuse-community-edition/101685/6 "2026-08-28T06:25:12Z")

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disclaimer : I have no experience with flowfuse, I only use node-red directly.

The image name/tag in the pull was the obvious thing.  
Now you probably need to specify this tag in your configuration somewhere to actually use it.  
Otherwise the default will be used.

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**Author:** ![kenm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bc79bd/32.png) [@kenm](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/kenm)\
**Post date:** [28 August 2026 15:17 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/getting-node-red-5-in-flowfuse-community-edition/101685/7 "2026-08-28T15:17:32Z")

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Thank you! That was the trick.

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**Author:** ![kenm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bc79bd/32.png) [@kenm](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/kenm)\
**Post date:** [28 August 2026 15:19 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/getting-node-red-5-in-flowfuse-community-edition/101685/8 "2026-08-28T15:19:30Z")

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Thank you for your help. That got me digging and then Steve posted about the Stack settings.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/1X/d073cd938eafa2e558d7c2cd59003b3ef4963033.png) [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [1 September 2026 15:19 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/getting-node-red-5-in-flowfuse-community-edition/101685/9 "2026-09-01T15:19:52Z")

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