# How do I force the Okteto CLI to use a specific version of syncthing?

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**Created:** [June 6, 2024, 8:53am UTC](https://community.okteto.com/t/how-do-i-force-the-okteto-cli-to-use-a-specific-version-of-syncthing/1284 "2024-06-06T08:53:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![mario](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.okteto.com/mario/32/292_2.png) [@mario](https://community.okteto.com/u/mario)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2024, 8:53am UTC](https://community.okteto.com/t/how-do-i-force-the-okteto-cli-to-use-a-specific-version-of-syncthing/1284/1 "2024-06-06T08:53:27Z")

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Hi!

I have noticed that Okteto is downloading and upgrading syncthing to my $HOME/.okteto path.

That’s great by how can I do to keep one version and force Okteto not to upgrade new ones?

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**Author:** ![mario](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.okteto.com/mario/32/292_2.png) [@mario](https://community.okteto.com/u/mario)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2024, 8:56am UTC](https://community.okteto.com/t/how-do-i-force-the-okteto-cli-to-use-a-specific-version-of-syncthing/1284/2 "2024-06-06T08:56:00Z")

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You can always download the version and put the binary in that path.

- To check the version you are currently using: `$HOME/.okteto/syncthing --version`

With no action, Okteto will always try to have the latest version, but if you want to keep and control the version, you have two options here:

- If you want to do it for all your team, go to the Admin view in the Okteto UI and add a variable named `OKTETO_SYNCTHING_VERSION` and set the value to the synching version you want your team to use.

- If you want to do it just for your local machine, add a local environment variable named `OKTETO_SYNCTHING_VERSION` and set the value to the synching version you want to use.

- A valid version string would be something like `1.27.6`