# ETIMEDOUT Error

**URL:** <https://forum.ghost.org/t/etimedout-error/43372>\
**Category:** Self-hosting\
**Created:** [December 14, 2023, 8:03am UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/etimedout-error/43372 "2023-12-14T08:03:27Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![sfmediaboat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b487fb/32.png) [@sfmediaboat](https://forum.ghost.org/u/sfmediaboat)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2023, 8:03am UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/etimedout-error/43372/1 "2023-12-14T08:03:27Z")

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I updated Node to latest stable release, and am trying to force update Ghost, but I keep getting ETIMEDOUT. Does anyone have any suggestions? :)

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Debug Information:  
OS: Ubuntu, v20.04.5 LTS  
Node Version: v18.19.0  
Ghost Version: 5.66.1  
Ghost-CLI Version: 1.25.0  
Environment: production  
Command: ‘ghost update 5.66.1 --force’  
An error occurred.  
Message: ‘connect ETIMEDOUT 2606:4700::6810:1e22:443’

Stack: RequestError: connect ETIMEDOUT 2606:4700::6810:1e22:443  
at ClientRequest. (/usr/lib/node\_modules/ghost-cli/node\_modules/got/source/request-as-event-emitter.js:178:14)  
at Object.onceWrapper (node:events:632:26)  
at ClientRequest.emit (node:events:529:35)  
at origin.emit (/usr/lib/node\_modules/ghost-cli/node\_modules/@szmarczak/http-timer/source/index.js:37:11)  
at TLSSocket.socketErrorListener (node:\_http\_client:501:9)  
at TLSSocket.emit (node:events:517:28)  
at emitErrorNT (node:internal/streams/destroy:151:8)  
at emitErrorCloseNT (node:internal/streams/destroy:116:3)  
at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task\_queues:82:21)  
Code: ETIMEDOUT  
Path: /ghost-cli

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**Author:** ![markstos](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.ghost.org/markstos/32/18182_2.png) [@markstos](https://forum.ghost.org/u/markstos)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2023, 2:49pm UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/etimedout-error/43372/2 "2023-12-21T14:49:42Z")

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> [@sfmediaboat](#):
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> ETIMEDOUT 2606:4700::6810:1e22:443

It’s having a networking problem when attempting to connect to an IPv6 address.

You could just try again. Maybe it was transient. Otherwise, check that your network settings, particularly your IPv6 connections are enabled.

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**Author:** ![sfmediaboat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b487fb/32.png) [@sfmediaboat](https://forum.ghost.org/u/sfmediaboat)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2024, 6:21am UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/etimedout-error/43372/3 "2024-01-06T06:21:26Z")

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I disabled ipv6 and finally got it to work