angular - ng update to specific version

Question

I would like to update Angular from version 5.0 to version 6.1. The instructions at https://update.angular.io/ suggest using ng update @angular/core to update. However this updates directly to version 7 instead of version 6.

The ng update docs suggest that using --to would update to a specific version. However this does not seem to work. The exact command used is: ng update @angular/core --to 6.1.0 But this updates to 7.0.0

EDIT:

I've tried using --from=5.0.0 --to=6.1.9 but this didn't work. I've noticed we're stil using angular-cli version 1.6.4. This version supports --next which according to the docs should (Default: false) Install the next version, instead of the latest. However this changes the package.json to use version 7.0.0 of all @angular/* packages

Answer 1

Adding this here, since this comes up in search results and the answers provided here didn't work for me.

What worked for me was using ng update @angular/core@7.0.0. This should probably be noted in the Angular Update Guide (https://update.angular.io/), but it's not. Since that page throws a notice up when upgrading across more than one major version at a time, but using the recommended command ng update @angular/core upgrades to the latest release (which could be across more than one major version), perhaps this should be changed.