---
title: Upgrade Plans tool in Upgrade Console
description: Accelerate your upgrades using the Upgrade Plan that automates the installation of applications during upgrades, giving you a seamless upgrade experience. It helps you define applications and target versions to be installed in your instance.
locale: en-US
canonical_url: https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/australia/platform-administration/upgrade-management/um-upgrade-plans-tool.html
release: australia
product: Upgrade Management
classification: upgrade-management
topic_type: concept
last_updated: "2026-03-12"
reading_time_minutes: 2
breadcrumb: [Upgrade Console tools, Use, Upgrade Console, Upgrade, Administer the ServiceNow AI Platform]
---

# Upgrade Plans tool in Upgrade Console

Accelerate your upgrades using the Upgrade Plan that automates the installation of applications during upgrades, giving you a seamless upgrade experience. It helps you define applications and target versions to be installed in your instance.

Follow the following task to build and apply an upgrade plan to your upgrade.

-   **[Building your Upgrade Plan](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-administration/upgrade-management/um-building-upgrade-plan.md)**  
Build your upgrade plan to experience a seamless and an accelerated upgrade by packaging the applications in an upgrade plan.
-   **[Refreshing your Upgrade Plan](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-administration/upgrade-management/um-refreshing-upgrade-plan.md)**  
Refresh your upgrade plan to package all the recently installed plugins and applications into your upgrade plan.
-   **[Installing your Upgrade Plan](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-administration/upgrade-management/um-installing-upgrade-plan.md)**  
Install your upgrade plan in the consumer instance to implement it in your upgrades.
-   **[Prepare to upgrade with Upgrade Plan](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-administration/upgrade-management/um-prepare-upgrade-plan.md)**  
Prepare your instance upgrade with Upgrade Plan by determining all the applications and plugins are ready to be implemented in the upgrade.
-   **[Apply Upgrade Plan on your upgrade](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-administration/upgrade-management/um-apply-upgrade-plan.md)**  
Apply the selected upgrade plan to your instance upgrade.

**Parent Topic:**[Upgrade Console tools](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-administration/upgrade-management/um-tools.md)

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