How do I update to new version of conda?

Question

My conda version is 4.x

while new version is 23.x

I am trying to run the command it asks me to run to update, but that doesn't seem to update it.

I installed miniconda in base while doing initial installation

==> WARNING: A newer version of conda exists. <==
  current version: 4.11.0
  latest version: 23.5.0

Please update conda by running

    $ conda update -n base -c defaults conda

I have tried the above and all I get is:

Collecting package metadata (current_repodata.json): done
Solving environment: done
# All requested packages already installed.

But it still shows version as 4.x

Answer 1

Try updating conda with this command:

conda update -n base -c defaults conda --repodata-fn=repodata.json

hope it works. And there is a brief discussion on GitHub. conda update conda does not update conda