I have PA-440 in my home lab and was happily running PAN-OS 10.2.10-h9. But with the recent announcement that PAN-OS 10.2 will enter limited support from 26th August 2025, I decided it was time to upgrade. I was deciding between 11.1 and 11.2 for a while, but after reading through a few forums and discussions, I ended up choosing 11.2, specifically PAN-OS 11.2.4-h7.
Since I was already on 10.2, I could upgrade directly to 11.2 without going through any intermediate versions. As per the upgrade guide, all I had to do was download the 11.2.0 base image, then download and install 11.2.4-h7.
After downloading both the base image and the target image, just click 'Install' on the target image. As usual, make sure to take a backup before starting. If you’re running in HA, you can upgrade the firewalls one at a time without any downtime.
The whole process took about 10 to 15 minutes, and now I'm running 11.2.4-h7. If I come across any issues, I'll be sure to update this post.
