diff --git a/.changeset/cool-stingrays-invent.md b/.changeset/cool-stingrays-invent.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f283a24fd80
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/cool-stingrays-invent.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@trigger.dev/cli": patch
+---
+
+allow users to update trigger-dev packages to a specific version
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/cli/index.ts b/packages/cli/src/cli/index.ts
index da8b68590da..89829eb4ff7 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/cli/index.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/cli/index.ts
@@ -93,10 +93,13 @@ program
 
 program
   .command("update")
-  .description("Updates all @trigger.dev/* packages to their latest compatible versions")
+  .description(
+    "Updates all @trigger.dev/* packages to their latest compatible versions or the specified version"
+  )
   .argument("[path]", "The path to the directory that contains the package.json file", ".")
-  .action(async (path) => {
-    await updateCommand(path);
+  .option("--to <version tag>", "The version to update to (ex: 2.1.4)", "latest")
+  .action(async (path, options) => {
+    await updateCommand(path, options);
   });
 
 program
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/commands/update.ts b/packages/cli/src/commands/update.ts
index ff6ed559ff1..e6a81c47d54 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/commands/update.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/commands/update.ts
@@ -4,8 +4,24 @@ import { run, RunOptions } from "npm-check-updates";
 import { installDependencies } from "../utils/installDependencies.js";
 import { readJSONFileSync, writeJSONFile } from "../utils/fileSystem.js";
 import { logger } from "../utils/logger.js";
+import { z } from "zod";
+
+export const UpdateCommandOptionsSchema = z.object({
+  to: z.string().optional(),
+});
+
+export type UpdateCommandOptions = z.infer<typeof UpdateCommandOptionsSchema>;
+
+type NcuRunOptionTarget = "latest" | `@${string}`;
+
+export async function updateCommand(projectPath: string, anyOptions: any) {
+  const parseRes = UpdateCommandOptionsSchema.safeParse(anyOptions);
+  if (!parseRes.success) {
+    logger.error(parseRes.error.message);
+    return;
+  }
+  const options = parseRes.data;
 
-export async function updateCommand(projectPath: string) {
   const triggerDevPackage = "@trigger.dev";
   const packageJSONPath = path.join(projectPath, "package.json");
   const packageData = readJSONFileSync(packageJSONPath);
@@ -27,12 +43,14 @@ export async function updateCommand(projectPath: string) {
     };
   });
 
+  const targetVersion = getTargetVersion(options.to);
+
   // Use npm-check-updates to get updated dependency versions
   const ncuOptions: RunOptions = {
     packageData,
     upgrade: true,
     jsonUpgraded: true,
-    target: "latest",
+    target: targetVersion,
   };
 
   // Can either give a json like package.json or just with deps and their new versions
@@ -69,6 +87,39 @@ export async function updateCommand(projectPath: string) {
     return;
   }
 
+  let applyUpdates = targetVersion !== "latest";
+
+  if (targetVersion === "latest") {
+    applyUpdates = await hasUserConfirmed(packagesToUpdate, packageMaps, updatedDependencies);
+  }
+
+  if (applyUpdates) {
+    const newPackageJSON = packageData;
+    packagesToUpdate.forEach((packageName) => {
+      const tmp = packageMaps[packageName];
+      if (tmp) {
+        newPackageJSON[tmp.type][packageName] = updatedDependencies[packageName];
+      }
+    });
+    await writeJSONFile(packageJSONPath, newPackageJSON);
+    await installDependencies(projectPath);
+  }
+}
+
+// expects a version number, or latest.
+// if version number is specified, prepend it with '@' for ncu.
+function getTargetVersion(toVersion?: string): NcuRunOptionTarget {
+  if (!toVersion) {
+    return "latest";
+  }
+  return toVersion === "latest" ? "latest" : `@${toVersion}`;
+}
+
+async function hasUserConfirmed(
+  packagesToUpdate: string[],
+  packageMaps: { [x: string]: { type: string; version: string } },
+  updatedDependencies: { [x: string]: any }
+): Promise<boolean> {
   // Inform the user of the dependencies that can be updated
   console.log("\nNewer versions found for the following packages:");
   console.table(
@@ -86,15 +137,5 @@ export async function updateCommand(projectPath: string) {
     message: "Do you want to update these packages in package.json and re-install dependencies?",
   });
 
-  if (confirm) {
-    const newPackageJSON = packageData;
-    packagesToUpdate.forEach((packageName) => {
-      const tmp = packageMaps[packageName];
-      if (tmp) {
-        newPackageJSON[tmp.type][packageName] = updatedDependencies[packageName];
-      }
-    });
-    await writeJSONFile(packageJSONPath, newPackageJSON);
-    await installDependencies(projectPath);
-  }
+  return confirm;
 }