Can we upgrade Jira Service Desk independent of Jira Software

[Smriti_Lohani]

Atlassian recently released security vulneribility, due to which I have to upgrade my Jira service desk to mitigate the issue

Can i upgrade Jira Service desk independent of Jira Software? Or do i need to upgrade Jira software so my jira service desk will get upgraded.  

[Andrew Laden · Accepted solution]

Short answer, no you cant. Updating either Service Desk or Software updates the underlying jira core, which means you then need to  update the other half to match. there is a special package available that you can use so you only update the right components.

Download the full Jira installation (Either Software or Service desk) which you can use to do the main upgrade.

Once you install that, there will be an option (under applications) to update the other component. This part can be done online. (similar to a Add-on update)

I'd suggest doing software first, the doing service desk from with the application. 

[Michael Wohlgemuth]

Hy @Smriti_Lohani,

welcome to the community :D

As stated here (scroll to 9.), you should be able to upgrade JIRA SD independently. 

regards

[Smriti_Lohani]

Thanks Miwoh. 

But i dont get an option to update Jira Service desk.

I am using Jira service desk  v3.16.5 and Jira software v7.13.5 (I suspect its already compatible, so i dont get option to upgrade )

Is that the reason i cant upgrade my jira service desk independently? 

[Michael Wohlgemuth]

According to this list, you are running the latest SD version compatible with your JIRA Version. If i understand this correctly, im afraid you would have to upgrade JIRA in order to use a newer version of SD :(