# Managing Gem Version Conflicts in Discourse Plugins

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/managing-gem-version-conflicts-in-discourse-plugins/281976>\
**Category:** Development\
**Created:** [October 12, 2023, 7:17am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/managing-gem-version-conflicts-in-discourse-plugins/281976 "2023-10-12T07:17:11Z")\
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You need to update (or PR) to each dependent plugin to align the versions, based on Core. You can’t mix versions.

In this case, if any plugin you use, uses `addressable-x.x.x`, you need to make sure it is brought up to date with `addressable-2.8.5`

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