---
title: "POST /v1/{+name}:upgrade"
method: POST
path: "/v1/{+name}:upgrade"
tags: ["projects"]
---

# POST /v1/{+name}:upgrade

`POST /v1/{+name}:upgrade`

Upgrades the Memcache instance to a newer memcached engine version specified in the request.

## Path parameters

- `name` string, required

## Request body

- GoogleCloudMemcacheV1UpgradeInstanceRequest — Request for UpgradeInstance.
  - `memcacheVersion` 'MEMCACHE_VERSION_UNSPECIFIED' | 'MEMCACHE_1_5' | 'MEMCACHE_1_6_15' — Required. Specifies the target version of memcached engine to upgrade to.

## Response `200`

Successful response

---

[API](https://skmtc.dev/google/apis/memcache.md) · [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/google/apis/memcache/llms.txt) · [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc-service-production.skmtc.workers.dev/v1/apis/google/memcache/revisions/128455fef9ed/schema)