Update the Go agent

To take full advantage of New Relic's latest features, enhancements, and important security patches, update your app's Go agent to the latest version. For additional information about specific agent updates, refer to the Go agent release notes.

Update your Go agent version

To update the Go agent, follow your standard procedures to run the following process as a terminal command or as a script.

1. From http://github.com/newrelic/go-agent, use this process:

   bash

   Copy

   $
   go get -u github.com/newrelic/go-agent/v3/newrelic

2. Compile and deploy your application.