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Version: v7.x

Upgrading PixiJS

PixiJS uses a lot of peerDependencies internally to define the relationship between packages. This has created unpredictable errors because of how npm resolves peers when bumping/upgrading (e.g., #8382, #8268, #8144, #7209).

When you're upgrading using npm please completely uninstall instead of just changing the version in your package.json:

npm uninstall pixi.js
npm install pixi.js

If you are using any PixiJS community plugins, please make sure to uninstall those too:

npm uninstall pixi.js @pixi/particle-emitter @pixi/sound
npm install pixi.js @pixi/particle-emitter @pixi/sound