# ABP Studio and ABP Startup Template Version Mappings

This document provides a general overview of the relationship between various versions of ABP Studio and the ABP version of the [ABP Solution Templates](../solution-templates/index.md) used when generating a new solution. Each version of ABP Studio is configured to create solutions with a specific ABP version. However, once a solution is created, you can easily update it to the latest version of ABP via ABP Studio or [ABP CLI](../cli/index.md#update).

| **ABP Studio Version** | **ABP Version of Startup Template**           |
|------------------------|---------------------------|
| 0.9.9 to 0.9.11        | 9.0.0                     |
| 0.9.8                  | 8.3.4                     |
| 0.9.5 to 0.9.7         | 8.3.3                     |
| 0.9.2 to 0.9.4         | 8.3.2                     |
| 0.8.4 - 0.9.1          | 8.3.1                     |
| 0.8.1 to 0.8.3         | 8.3.0                     |
| 0.8.0                  | 8.2.3                     |
| 0.7.8 - 0.7.9          | 8.2.2                     |
| 0.7.4 to 0.7.7         | 8.2.1                     |
| 0.7.0 to 0.7.3         | 8.2.0                     |
| 0.6.8 - 0.6.9          | 8.1.3                     |
| 0.6.7                  | 8.1.1                     |

# Working with ABP's Preview Versions

By default, ABP Studio uses stable versions to create solutions. Therefore, if you want to create a solution with a preview version, first you need to create a solution and then switch your solution to the preview version from the ABP Studio UI:

![](images/abp-studio-switch-to-preview.png)