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 If you installed Lotus on your machine, you can upgrade to the latest version by doing the following:
 
 ```sh
+# get the latest
 git pull origin master
+
+# clean and remake the binaries
+make clean build
 ```
 
 Sometimes when you run Lotus after a pull, certain commands such as `lotus daemon` may break.