Downloading Release Update Patches

Download and install Release Updates (RU) and Monthly Recommended Patches (MRPs) patches for your Oracle software after you complete your installation.

Oracle provides quarterly updates in the form of Release Updates (RU) and Monthly Recommended Patches (MRPs). Oracle no longer releases patch sets. For more information, see My Oracle Support Note 2285040.1.

Check the My Oracle Support website for required updates for your installation.

1. Log in to the My Oracle Support website:

   https://support.oracle.com

   Note:

   If you are not a My Oracle Support registered user, then click Register for My Oracle Support and register.
2. On the main My Oracle Support page, click Patches & Updates.
3. In the Patch Search region, select Product or Family (Advanced).
4. On the Product or Family (Advanced) display, provide information about the product, release, and platform for which you want to obtain patches, and click Search.
   The Patch Search pane opens, displaying the results of your search.
5. Select the patch number and click ReadMe.

   The README page is displayed. It contains information about the patch and how to apply the patches to your installation.

6. Uncompress the Oracle patch updates that you downloaded from My Oracle Support.

Note:

The use of OPatch and OPatchAuto for out-of-place patching continues to be deprecated. 

For patching in Oracle Database 23ai, Oracle recommends that you use out-of-place patching using Gold images to apply quarterly release updates (RUs). This deprecation does not affect in-place patching. If you want to perform in-place patching, then OPatch and OPatchAuto continue to be available for this purpose. The Oracle Database 23ai Free release is not supported for patching with RUs.