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+# Upgrade Payara to v6.2024.4
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+With this version of Dataverse, we encourage you to upgrade to version 6.2024.4.
+This will address security issues accumulated since the release of 6.2023.8, which was required since Dataverse release 6.0.
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+If you are using GDCC containers, this upgrade is included when pulling new release images.