# Selenium driver version 2.53 vs 3.6

**URL:** <https://forum.katalon.com/t/selenium-driver-version-2-53-vs-3-6/8199>\
**Category:** Integrations\
**Tags:** integrations, katalon-studio\
**Created:** [November 1, 2017, 4:33am UTC](https://forum.katalon.com/t/selenium-driver-version-2-53-vs-3-6/8199 "2017-11-01T04:33:59Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Andres\_Barbaro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bc79bd/32.png) [@Andres\_Barbaro](https://forum.katalon.com/u/Andres_Barbaro)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2017, 4:33am UTC](https://forum.katalon.com/t/selenium-driver-version-2-53-vs-3-6/8199/1 "2017-11-01T04:33:59Z")

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Greetings,

I see that Katalon is using selenium-server-standalone-2.53.0.jar, which is a version from over 1.5 years ago. The latest version of selenium server standalone is 3.6. Is there a way for me to make Katalon use the newer version? Is it as simple as dropping the jar on the \configuration\resources\lib folder? There’s also a Katalon jar related to selenium standalone and I’m not sure if that is compatible with a newer version of selenium (com.kms.katalon.selenium-standalone\_1.0.0.201710270919).

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![haimnguyen](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/katalon/user_avatar/forum.katalon.com/haimnguyen/32/3_2.png) [@haimnguyen](https://forum.katalon.com/u/haimnguyen)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2017, 3:24pm UTC](https://forum.katalon.com/t/selenium-driver-version-2-53-vs-3-6/8199/2 "2017-11-16T15:24:38Z")

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Looks like they have upgraded to Selenium 3 in 5.1.

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**Author:** ![Andres\_Barbaro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bc79bd/32.png) [@Andres\_Barbaro](https://forum.katalon.com/u/Andres_Barbaro)\
**Post date:** [December 29, 2017, 12:43am UTC](https://forum.katalon.com/t/selenium-driver-version-2-53-vs-3-6/8199/3 "2017-12-29T00:43:56Z")

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Yes, this issue can be closed. As of 5.1 the dependencies on Selenium have been updated. Great!
