# ESI v4 Character Route Removed - Please Update to V5

**URL:** <https://forums.eveonline.com/t/esi-v4-character-route-removed-please-update-to-v5/334374>\
**Category:** Third Party Developers\
**Tags:** esi, official, devblog\
**Created:** [October 27, 2021, 5:28pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/esi-v4-character-route-removed-please-update-to-v5/334374 "2021-10-27T17:28:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![CCP\_Aurora](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/ccp_aurora/32/394780_2.png) [@CCP\_Aurora](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/CCP_Aurora)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2021, 7:50pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/esi-v4-character-route-removed-please-update-to-v5/334374/10 "2021-11-03T19:50:45Z")

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Yes, you can do this - but when updates are made your program may simply stop working until you update it and then you’d have to go fix it anyway, so that’s not really the way we recommend doing it.

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