1. Backup database and old magento files. 2. Download latest magento. 3. Download bash script upgrade.sh here ( Note: this script copies all custom files and folders from older magento to latest magento path ) 4. Run command as $./upgrade.sh old_magento_path latest_magento_path 5. Remove all files from old_magento_path and copy all files from latest_magento_path to old_magento_path. 6. Refresh cache.