# How to deploy config via kubectl kots without fast-fowarding to the latest release?

**URL:** <https://community.replicated.com/t/how-to-deploy-config-via-kubectl-kots-without-fast-fowarding-to-the-latest-release/1253>\
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**Created:** [July 4, 2023, 2:39am UTC](https://community.replicated.com/t/how-to-deploy-config-via-kubectl-kots-without-fast-fowarding-to-the-latest-release/1253 "2023-07-04T02:39:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![bageldawg](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.replicated.com/bageldawg/32/622_2.png) [@bageldawg](https://community.replicated.com/u/bageldawg)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2023, 2:39am UTC](https://community.replicated.com/t/how-to-deploy-config-via-kubectl-kots-without-fast-fowarding-to-the-latest-release/1253/1 "2023-07-04T02:39:40Z")

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I had attempted to change an app to include an updated set of resources and tried to deploy it using this command:  
`kubectl kots set config turbine --config-file /tmp/new-resources.yaml --deploy --merge`

The resources got updated according to the new configuration but in addition to that it updated to latest version available of the application unexpectedly.

Is there a way to programatically set new config and deploy that config without jumping app versions? This was on v1.100.3

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**Author:** ![Alex\_Parker](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.replicated.com/alex_parker/32/777_2.png) [@Alex\_Parker](https://community.replicated.com/u/Alex_Parker)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2023, 3:56pm UTC](https://community.replicated.com/t/how-to-deploy-config-via-kubectl-kots-without-fast-fowarding-to-the-latest-release/1253/2 "2023-07-05T15:56:24Z")

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Thanks for the question, Ryan. It looks like the `kots set config` command always acts on the latest release, so at the moment, this isn’t possible. [set config | Replicated Docs](https://docs.replicated.com/reference/kots-cli-set-config)