https://community.plus.net/t5/Tech-Help-Software-Hardware-etc/pfSense-v2-9-0-new-firmware-release/m-p/2056484#M99675 <P>Just a heads up for pfSense firewall users, firmware version <STRONG>2.9.0</STRONG> just got released.</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P><A href="https://www.netgate.com/blog/netgate-releases-pfsense-community-edition-version-2.9.0" target="_self">Netgate Releases pfSense Community Edition Version 2.9.0</A>&nbsp;</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P><A href="https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/releases/2-9-0.html" target="_self">2.9.0 New Features and Changes</A>&nbsp;</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>I see in my own pfSense 2.8.1 firewall GUI console that firmware <STRONG>2.9.0</STRONG> is available to perform an in-place upgrade.</P> <P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="pfSense 2-8-1 dashboard 2-9-0 upgrade available.png" style="width: 400px;"><img src="https://community.plus.net/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/63072i106A94DC4004AB8B/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;px=400" role="button" title="pfSense 2-8-1 dashboard 2-9-0 upgrade available.png" alt="pfSense 2-8-1 dashboard 2-9-0 upgrade available.png" /></span></P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>However I see that the official <A href="https://www.pfsense.org/download/" target="_self">pfSense installer download page</A> is still showing 2.8.1 as being the current version, but I believe the new installer will download the latest stable release from the install mirrors.</P> <P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="pfSense installer download page still showing 2-8-1.png" style="width: 400px;"><img src="https://community.plus.net/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/63073iF84427993FAF0705/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;px=400" role="button" title="pfSense installer download page still showing 2-8-1.png" alt="pfSense installer download page still showing 2-8-1.png" /></span></P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>Going to my firewall's System / Update page,&nbsp;</P> <P>changing the release branch to 2.9.0 does successfully download the new package information.</P> <P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="pfSense 2-8-1 System Update change release branch to 2-9-0.png" style="width: 400px;"><img src="https://community.plus.net/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/63074i0E088F0EE2C33781/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;px=400" role="button" title="pfSense 2-8-1 System Update change release branch to 2-9-0.png" alt="pfSense 2-8-1 System Update change release branch to 2-9-0.png" /></span></P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> Sat, 22 Aug 2026 21:13:50 GMT ExForce9 2026-08-22T21:13:50Z https://community.plus.net/t5/Tech-Help-Software-Hardware-etc/pfSense-v2-9-0-new-firmware-release/m-p/2056484#M99675 <P>Just a heads up for pfSense firewall users, firmware version <STRONG>2.9.0</STRONG> just got released.</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P><A href="https://www.netgate.com/blog/netgate-releases-pfsense-community-edition-version-2.9.0" target="_self">Netgate Releases pfSense Community Edition Version 2.9.0</A>&nbsp;</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P><A href="https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/releases/2-9-0.html" target="_self">2.9.0 New Features and Changes</A>&nbsp;</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>I see in my own pfSense 2.8.1 firewall GUI console that firmware <STRONG>2.9.0</STRONG> is available to perform an in-place upgrade.</P> <P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="pfSense 2-8-1 dashboard 2-9-0 upgrade available.png" style="width: 400px;"><img src="https://community.plus.net/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/63072i106A94DC4004AB8B/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;px=400" role="button" title="pfSense 2-8-1 dashboard 2-9-0 upgrade available.png" alt="pfSense 2-8-1 dashboard 2-9-0 upgrade available.png" /></span></P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>However I see that the official <A href="https://www.pfsense.org/download/" target="_self">pfSense installer download page</A> is still showing 2.8.1 as being the current version, but I believe the new installer will download the latest stable release from the install mirrors.</P> <P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="pfSense installer download page still showing 2-8-1.png" style="width: 400px;"><img src="https://community.plus.net/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/63073iF84427993FAF0705/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;px=400" role="button" title="pfSense installer download page still showing 2-8-1.png" alt="pfSense installer download page still showing 2-8-1.png" /></span></P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>Going to my firewall's System / Update page,&nbsp;</P> <P>changing the release branch to 2.9.0 does successfully download the new package information.</P> <P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="pfSense 2-8-1 System Update change release branch to 2-9-0.png" style="width: 400px;"><img src="https://community.plus.net/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/63074i0E088F0EE2C33781/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;px=400" role="button" title="pfSense 2-8-1 System Update change release branch to 2-9-0.png" alt="pfSense 2-8-1 System Update change release branch to 2-9-0.png" /></span></P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> Sat, 22 Aug 2026 21:13:50 GMT https://community.plus.net/t5/Tech-Help-Software-Hardware-etc/pfSense-v2-9-0-new-firmware-release/m-p/2056484#M99675 ExForce9 2026-08-22T21:13:50Z