# BIOS does not update

**URL:** <https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/bios-does-not-update/11314>\
**Category:** Aurora\
**Created:** [December 21, 2025, 10:37am UTC](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/bios-does-not-update/11314 "2025-12-21T10:37:44Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![ikerstges](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/universal-blue.discourse.group/ikerstges/32/8849_2.png) [@ikerstges](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/u/ikerstges)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2025, 10:37am UTC](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/bios-does-not-update/11314/1 "2025-12-21T10:37:44Z")

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I’ve installed Aurora on my new Lenovo Laptop and I intend to drive this daily. Just now, I found that a more recent BIOS version is available (1.18 –\> 1.21), `sudo fwupdmgr refresh --force` shows ‘19 devices are updatable’ and ‘2 devices are supported in the enabled remotes (an update has been published)’.

However: `sudo fwupdmgr get-updates` followed by: `sudo fwupdmgr update` did not update my BIOS.

Is this a bootc limitation? Should I boot from a live CD to perform a BIOS update?

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**Author:** ![inffy](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/universal-blue.discourse.group/inffy/32/7996_2.png) [@inffy](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/u/inffy)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2025, 11:00am UTC](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/bios-does-not-update/11314/2 "2025-12-21T11:00:05Z")

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Nothing to do with us.

Does your BIOS actually have updates through LVFS?

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**Author:** ![ikerstges](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/universal-blue.discourse.group/ikerstges/32/8849_2.png) [@ikerstges](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/u/ikerstges)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2025, 11:05am UTC](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/bios-does-not-update/11314/3 "2025-12-21T11:05:18Z")

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I think so.. I’ve had several Lenovo Thinkpads update without problems in the past. My current laptop is offered by the vendor with choice of OS, Linux or Windows..

I will look into it deeper, thanks!

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**Author:** ![inffy](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/universal-blue.discourse.group/inffy/32/7996_2.png) [@inffy](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/u/inffy)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2025, 11:06am UTC](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/bios-does-not-update/11314/4 "2025-12-21T11:06:51Z")

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fwupdmgr should show you the 2 devices that have had updates, _the 2 devices are supported in the enabled remotes (an update has been published)’_ part

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**Author:** ![ikerstges](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/universal-blue.discourse.group/ikerstges/32/8849_2.png) [@ikerstges](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/u/ikerstges)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2025, 12:31pm UTC](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/bios-does-not-update/11314/5 "2025-12-21T12:31:57Z")

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Couldn’t get fwupdmgr to update the bios, had to resort to iso download from Lenovo and boot from it..