[Bug]: Laravel Installer: Inconsistent Versions

[devajmeireles]

Platform

macOS

Operating system version

26.2 (25C56)

System architecture

ARM64 (M1, M2, etc)

Herd Version

1.24.2

PHP Version

PHP 8.4.17 (cli) (built: Jan 16 2026 00:18:43) (NTS clang 15.0.0)

Bug description

There is a warning that indicates the Laravel installer is outdated if compared with the installer and Herd > PHP tab:

When I ran: laravel --version, the output is: Laravel Installer 5.23.0

Steps to reproduce

Follow the description above.

Relevant log output

[mrunkel]

This means that you have the laravel command installed yourself, in a directory that is earlier in the PATH than herd.

What is the output of which laravel and echo $PATH?

[devajmeireles]

This means that you have the laravel command installed yourself, in a directory that is earlier in the PATH than herd.

What is the output of which laravel and echo $PATH?

I understand, but I didn't do that. Everything I have on my computer was installed by Herd.

❯ which laravel
/Users/aj/Library/Application Support/Herd/bin//laravel

❯ echo $PATH
/Users/aj/.local/bin:/Users/aj/Library/Application Support/Herd/bin/:/Users/aj/Library/Application Support/Herd/config/nvm/versions/node/v22.21.1/bin:/opt/homebrew/bin:/opt/homebrew/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/System/Cryptexes/App/usr/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/var/run/com.apple.security.cryptexd/codex.system/bootstrap/usr/local/bin:/var/run/com.apple.security.cryptexd/codex.system/bootstrap/usr/bin:/var/run/com.apple.security.cryptexd/codex.system/bootstrap/usr/appleinternal/bin:/opt/pmk/env/global/bin:/Library/Apple/usr/bin:/Applications/iTerm.app/Contents/Resources/utilities:/Users/aj/.orbstack/bin

[mpociot]

@devajmeireles hm maybe this was an issue with digital ocean still returning a cached version of the installer. I updated and got the correct version.
You can force an update by running: defaults write de.beyondco.herd installed_resource_internal_laravel 7

Then restart Herd and you will get the update available prompt again, which downloads the correct version 👍