# Electron firmware update (starting from 6.0) resulted in 5.0

**URL:** <https://community.particle.io/t/electron-firmware-update-starting-from-6-0-resulted-in-5-0/36097>\
**Category:** Firmware\
**Created:** [September 18, 2017, 8:09pm UTC](https://community.particle.io/t/electron-firmware-update-starting-from-6-0-resulted-in-5-0/36097 "2017-09-18T20:09:52Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 18, 2017, 8:09pm UTC](https://community.particle.io/t/electron-firmware-update-starting-from-6-0-resulted-in-5-0/36097/1 "2017-09-18T20:09:52Z")

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I had an Electron running on firmware 5.0 I used the Particle firmware manager (OSX) to upgrade to 5.3 and subsequently the other Particle firmware manager to bring it to 6.0. After that I issued via the particle cli “partcle update” in order to bring it to (the current) 6.2.

However, after I done that, the online IDE showed me “On the device: 5.0”. How did that happen? I did again the two Particle firmware manager steps consecutively and I am back to 6.0 again.

Any suggestions how to get to 6.2? If I flash code with a target higher than the installed firmware, will the firmware automatically updated to the same firmware? (I think this is the case for the Photons, right?)