# Suricata update rules on Windows **URL:** \ **Category:** Rules\ **Tags:** windows, rules, suricata\ **Created:** [June 29, 2023, 1:55pm UTC](https://forum.suricata.io/t/suricata-update-rules-on-windows/3655 "2023-06-29T13:55:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![azazaza.over90000](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.suricata.io/azazaza.over90000/32/2166_2.png) [@azazaza.over90000](https://forum.suricata.io/u/azazaza.over90000)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2023, 1:55pm UTC](https://forum.suricata.io/t/suricata-update-rules-on-windows/3655/1 "2023-06-29T13:55:51Z")
Hello everyone! Tell me, please, how can I set the automatic update of the rules for Suricata on the Windows OS? On Linux, you can use suricata-update, but what about Windows? ---
**Author:** ![ish](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.suricata.io/ish/32/8_2.png) [@ish](https://forum.suricata.io/u/ish)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2023, 5:52pm UTC](https://forum.suricata.io/t/suricata-update-rules-on-windows/3655/2 "2023-07-04T17:52:13Z")
Unfortunately, there isn’t a good just works rule update tool for Windows. If using the msys2 environment and building from source, Suricata-Update might work if you provide all the paths, but I understand that’s probably not what you are looking for, and may have issues as well. ---
**Author:** ![bakriabbas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8797f3/32.png) [@bakriabbas](https://forum.suricata.io/u/bakriabbas)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2023, 7:47am UTC](https://forum.suricata.io/t/suricata-update-rules-on-windows/3655/3 "2023-09-27T07:47:41Z")
suricata-update is not available for windows For now I am using a tiny Linux VM to update rules and tune drop.conf, disable.conf files with rule groups and SIDs ---
**Author:** ![Morpheus101](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4af34b/32.png) [@Morpheus101](https://forum.suricata.io/u/Morpheus101)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2026, 12:33pm UTC](https://forum.suricata.io/t/suricata-update-rules-on-windows/3655/4 "2026-08-11T12:33:47Z")
Has anyone tried Cygwin?