{"id":1490,"date":"2026-04-29T13:43:30","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T13:43:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/razvanvancea.ro\/blog\/?p=1490"},"modified":"2026-04-29T14:08:51","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T14:08:51","slug":"upgrading-playwright-package-to-latest-version-in-simple-steps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/razvanvancea.ro\/blog\/2026\/04\/29\/upgrading-playwright-package-to-latest-version-in-simple-steps\/","title":{"rendered":"Upgrading Playwright package to latest version in simple steps"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"bsf_rt_marker\"><\/div>\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1490\" class=\"elementor elementor-1490\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-69fc54c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"69fc54c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8040965\" data-id=\"8040965\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4926f27 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4926f27\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In this quick article I will show you how to quickly upgrade your playwright npm package to latest version in just a few simple steps.<br \/><br \/>Official documentation <a href=\"https:\/\/playwright.dev\/docs\/intro\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HERE<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-22e879f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"22e879f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9d3e034\" data-id=\"9d3e034\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6326b48 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6326b48\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Steps<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e81dbb7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e81dbb7\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3abead7\" data-id=\"3abead7\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-347b884 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"347b884\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ol><li>check current oudated packages from CLI with the following command<\/li><\/ol><pre><strong>npm outdated<\/strong><\/pre><p>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-702c8d6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"702c8d6\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-71b8f33\" data-id=\"71b8f33\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-da79994 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"da79994\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"79\" src=\"https:\/\/razvanvancea.ro\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-29-at-16.32.40-1024x127.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1492\" alt=\"pw-npm-outdated\" srcset=\"https:\/\/razvanvancea.ro\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-29-at-16.32.40-1024x127.png 1024w, https:\/\/razvanvancea.ro\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-29-at-16.32.40-300x37.png 300w, https:\/\/razvanvancea.ro\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-29-at-16.32.40-768x95.png 768w, https:\/\/razvanvancea.ro\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-29-at-16.32.40-1536x190.png 1536w, https:\/\/razvanvancea.ro\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-29-at-16.32.40-2048x254.png 2048w, https:\/\/razvanvancea.ro\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-29-at-16.32.40-850x105.png 850w, https:\/\/razvanvancea.ro\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-29-at-16.32.40-24x3.png 24w, https:\/\/razvanvancea.ro\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-29-at-16.32.40-36x4.png 36w, https:\/\/razvanvancea.ro\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-29-at-16.32.40-48x6.png 48w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7069505 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7069505\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6d173f3\" data-id=\"6d173f3\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-284be01 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"284be01\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Note: in the above example, we currently have &#8216;@playwright\/test&#8217; v1.58.2, and the latest version is v1.59.1<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-554a9ca elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"554a9ca\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a95b045\" data-id=\"a95b045\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-135d360 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"135d360\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>2. update the package to latest version using the following command<\/p><pre><strong><span class=\"token function\">npm<\/span> <span class=\"token function\">install<\/span> <span class=\"token parameter variable\">-D<\/span><span class=\"token plain\"> @playwright\/test@latest<\/span><\/strong><\/pre><p>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d959203 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d959203\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-08e13bb\" data-id=\"08e13bb\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5df4aea elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5df4aea\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>3. install the dependencies for the new latest playwright version<\/p><pre><strong><span class=\"token plain\">npx playwright <\/span><span class=\"token function\">install<\/span><span class=\"token plain\"> --with-deps<\/span><\/strong><\/pre>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-06f89d9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"06f89d9\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5005b9f\" data-id=\"5005b9f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7197b7e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7197b7e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>4. Optional: verify the current installed Playwright version<\/p><pre><strong><span class=\"token plain\">npx playwright <\/span><span class=\"token parameter variable\">--version<\/span><\/strong><\/pre>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6cae9dc elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6cae9dc\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c38118a\" data-id=\"c38118a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2d2b599 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2d2b599\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"70\" src=\"https:\/\/razvanvancea.ro\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-29-at-16.33.01-1024x112.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1493\" alt=\"pw-vers\" srcset=\"https:\/\/razvanvancea.ro\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-29-at-16.33.01-1024x112.png 1024w, https:\/\/razvanvancea.ro\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-29-at-16.33.01-300x33.png 300w, https:\/\/razvanvancea.ro\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-29-at-16.33.01-768x84.png 768w, https:\/\/razvanvancea.ro\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-29-at-16.33.01-1536x168.png 1536w, https:\/\/razvanvancea.ro\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-29-at-16.33.01-2048x224.png 2048w, https:\/\/razvanvancea.ro\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-29-at-16.33.01-850x93.png 850w, https:\/\/razvanvancea.ro\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-29-at-16.33.01-24x3.png 24w, https:\/\/razvanvancea.ro\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-29-at-16.33.01-36x4.png 36w, https:\/\/razvanvancea.ro\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-29-at-16.33.01-48x5.png 48w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9c7016d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9c7016d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-53d445b\" data-id=\"53d445b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cbe1dfb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cbe1dfb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Congrats, you have the latest Playwright version installed in your project. Happy testing!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1212178 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"1212178\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2cfe569 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2cfe569\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column 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