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CLI @latest install keeps old version

“No matter what I do, "npm install -g @shopify/cli@latest" always installs version 3.81.2.”

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Global npm install of CLI @latest keeps an old version. After "npm install -g @shopify/cli@latest", "shopify version" still reports an older version, such as 2.18.1 or 3.81.2.

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Where
Shopify CLI
Versions
3.2.0 to 3.81.2
Platforms
Windows
How bad
Breaks a normal workflow.

Original reports2, newest first

  1. Installing latest cli then getting warning that it's not the latest versionOn GitHubcli #6418
  2. Shopify CLI latest version on npm is stuck at 3.81.2 – cannot upgrade globallyOn GitHubcli #5998

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