Install Liquibase on Windows

Last updated: September 2, 2025

Before you begin

Confirm that Java is installed. If you use the Liquibase Installer, Java is included automatically.

Critical change: If you are an existing Liquibase Secure user, the brew install liquibase formula may still exist from versions before Liquibase 4.33, but the command will not install Liquibase 5.x +. To access the Liquibase Secure features, you must use brew install --cask liquibase-secure to maintain enterprise functionality when upgrading to 5.x.

Procedure

Download Liquibase.

Use our Liquibase OSS installer.

Select download to run the installer.

If the Liquibase Installer does not start automatically after downloading, locate the Installer file in your Downloads directory and run it.

Note: If Windows security prevents the Liquibase Installer from running, click Run Anyway. Depending on your version of Windows, you might need to click More info first.

Note: If you downloaded a .zip or .tar.gz archive instead of an installer, extract the contents to a local directory.

Add Liquibase to your system PATH.

To run Liquibase commands from any terminal window, you must add the Liquibase /bin directory to your system PATH. For detailed instructions, Windows users can follow the official Microsoft documentation.

When following this guide, be sure to:

Use the full path to the /bin directory inside the folder where you extracted. For example: /usr/local/liquibase/bin
Do not delete any existing values in the PATH. Just add your Liquibase path to the end, separated by a semicolon.

Verify Liquibase has been added to your system PATH.

Once added, open a new Command Prompt and run:

liquibase --version

If it returns the version number, Liquibase is installed and ready to use.