# Upgrade to Font Awesome 6
**URL:** https://discourse.nodered.org/t/upgrade-to-font-awesome-6/59270
**Category:** Feature Requests
**Created:** [3 March 2022 07:02 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/upgrade-to-font-awesome-6/59270 "2022-03-03T07:02:25Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@Illiteratealliterato](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Illiteratealliterato)
#### Post date: [3 March 2022 07:02 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/upgrade-to-font-awesome-6/59270/1 "2022-03-03T07:02:25Z")
I've seen a few requests in here to upgrade from Font Awesome 4 to 5. Unfortunately v5 was not backwards compatible with v4, and it was a tough upgrade to make.
However, now that v6 is out, I thought it might be worth posting again. I haven't tried it, but apparently they learnt their lesson and [v6 is backwards compatible](https://fontawesome.com/docs/web/setup/upgrade/whats-changed) with v4.
> If you’ve been with Font Awesome for a while, you may have noticed that upgrading to version 5 was a bumpy ride for many, and we learned a lot along the way. To ensure a smoother upgrade experience, we doubled down on testing and squashed every bug in sight.
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> We tested many upgrading-to-v6 scenarios and [tweaked our docs](https://fontawesome.com/docs) accordingly. That means Font Awesome 6 is backward compatible, and upgrading should be straightforward, even directly from version 4. Old icon names, old unicode values trapped in CSS pseudo-elements, or icon styles (e.g. ‘fa’) don’t break when switching to v6.
Thoughts?
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### Author:  [@knolleary](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/knolleary)
#### Post date: [3 March 2022 07:08 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/upgrade-to-font-awesome-6/59270/2 "2022-03-03T07:08:25Z")
We will have to take a proper look. If it really is backward compatible then that is great news.
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### Author:  [@TotallyInformation](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/TotallyInformation)
#### Post date: [4 March 2022 15:42 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/upgrade-to-font-awesome-6/59270/3 "2022-03-04T15:42:21Z")
Does v6 have a free version? I thought that v4 was the last free version or was I mistaken?
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### Author:  [@knolleary](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/knolleary)
#### Post date: [4 March 2022 15:46 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/upgrade-to-font-awesome-6/59270/4 "2022-03-04T15:46:04Z")
Yes - their free plan is equivalent to what we have today.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [3 May 2022 15:46 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/upgrade-to-font-awesome-6/59270/5 "2022-05-03T15:46:49Z")
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