# Error while updating webdriver

**URL:** <https://forum.katalon.com/t/error-while-updating-webdriver/120569>\
**Category:** Web Testing\
**Tags:** katalon-studio\
**Created:** [February 20, 2024, 12:08pm UTC](https://forum.katalon.com/t/error-while-updating-webdriver/120569 "2024-02-20T12:08:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![albert.vu](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/katalon/user_avatar/forum.katalon.com/albert.vu/32/20595_2.png) [@albert.vu](https://forum.katalon.com/u/albert.vu)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2024, 6:21am UTC](https://forum.katalon.com/t/error-while-updating-webdriver/120569/9 "2024-02-23T06:21:18Z")

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Hi all,

We are sorry to hear that you have been encountering issues with updating Chrome WebDriver to use with Katalon Studio.

Our Product team has confirmed that a hotfix for this issue will be released soon by the end of this month (please see the comment below for more information).

> [@Chrome failed to start: exited normally](http://forum.katalon.com/t/chrome-failed-to-start-exited-normally/119718/22):
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> Hi, I also agree with you on this urgency. I have let my team know and we already acknowledged this issue. We expect to hot-fix this problem and release it on v9.3.1 at the end of this February. If there are any changes, I will let you know soon. Reference for other threads: [Getting the error updationg webdriver 116 - #10 by kazurayam](http://forum.katalon.com/t/getting-the-error-updationg-webdriver-116/94257/10)[Failing web driver update for chrome browser haulted web recording - #6 by kazurayam](http://forum.katalon.com/t/failing-web-driver-update-for-chrome-browser-haulted-web-recording/103919/6) If anyone knows relevant threads, please link them to this thread. Hope t…

In the meantime, @Elly_Tran has also shared a temporary workaround until the issue is fixed in her comment below 👇

> [@Support for "Chrome for Testing" in Katalon Studio](http://forum.katalon.com/t/support-for-chrome-for-testing-in-katalon-studio/120427/2):
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> Hi, It is such a wonderful sharing about this issue. There might be lots of people who can gain benefits from your post. According to this issue of Chrome Driver not being able to auto-upgrade, Chrome for Testing is a great alternative. We also have a [video of a workaround](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1fLyFWePhT8b7GgcAUcHhQ2VgAEW6uS4W/view?usp=sharing) with [Chrome for Testing](https://googlechromelabs.github.io/chrome-for-testing/) to help you. My team also suggest another workaround as the following: Download new webdrivermanager-5.6.3 here: [https://github.com/bonigarcia/webdrivermanager/releases/download/webdrivermanager-5.…](https://github.com/bonigarcia/webdrivermanager/releases/download/webdrivermanager-5.6.3/webdrivermanager-5.6.3-fat.jar)

Thanks,  
Albert

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