diff --git a/features/core.feature b/features/core.feature
index b0cc7b5d67..0a9f5af4cc 100644
--- a/features/core.feature
+++ b/features/core.feature
@@ -270,9 +270,9 @@ Feature: Manage WordPress installation
     When I run `wp core check-update`
     Then STDOUT should be a table containing rows:
       | version | update_type | package_url                               |
-      | 4.0     | major       | https://wordpress.org/wordpress-4.0.zip   |
-      | 3.9.2   | major       | https://wordpress.org/wordpress-3.9.2.zip |
-      | 3.8.4   | minor       | https://wordpress.org/wordpress-3.8.4.zip |
+      | 4.0.1   | major       | https://wordpress.org/wordpress-4.0.1.zip |
+      | 3.9.3   | major       | https://wordpress.org/wordpress-3.9.3.zip |
+      | 3.8.5   | minor       | https://wordpress.org/wordpress-3.8.5.zip |
 
     When I run `wp core check-update --field=version | wc -l`
     Then STDOUT should be:
@@ -283,8 +283,8 @@ Feature: Manage WordPress installation
     When I run `wp core check-update --major`
     Then STDOUT should be a table containing rows:
       | version | update_type | package_url                               |
-      | 4.0     | major       | https://wordpress.org/wordpress-4.0.zip   |
-      | 3.9.2   | major       | https://wordpress.org/wordpress-3.9.2.zip |
+      | 4.0.1   | major       | https://wordpress.org/wordpress-4.0.1.zip |
+      | 3.9.3   | major       | https://wordpress.org/wordpress-3.9.3.zip |
 
     When I run `wp core check-update --major --field=version | wc -l`
     Then STDOUT should be:
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ Feature: Manage WordPress installation
     When I run `wp core check-update --minor`
     Then STDOUT should be a table containing rows:
       | version | update_type | package_url                               |
-      | 3.8.4   | minor       | https://wordpress.org/wordpress-3.8.4.zip |
+      | 3.8.5   | minor       | https://wordpress.org/wordpress-3.8.5.zip |
 
     When I run `wp core check-update --minor --field=version | wc -l`
     Then STDOUT should be:
diff --git a/features/plugin.feature b/features/plugin.feature
index 530c217d79..c79aee297b 100644
--- a/features/plugin.feature
+++ b/features/plugin.feature
@@ -324,3 +324,16 @@ Feature: Manage WordPress plugins
       | handbook/handbook                | inactive |
       | handbook/functionality-for-pages | active   |
 
+  Scenario: Install a plugin, then update to a specific version of that plugin
+    Given a WP install
+
+    When I run `wp plugin install akismet --version=2.5.7 --force`
+    Then STDOUT should not be empty
+
+    When I run `wp plugin update akismet --version=2.6.0`
+    Then STDOUT should not be empty
+
+    When I run `wp plugin list --fields=name,version`
+    Then STDOUT should be a table containing rows:
+      | name       | version   |
+      | akismet    | 2.6.0     |
diff --git a/features/theme.feature b/features/theme.feature
index 6ad011a7e2..fde24c9933 100644
--- a/features/theme.feature
+++ b/features/theme.feature
@@ -211,3 +211,17 @@ Feature: Manage WordPress themes
       """
       Error: This is not a multisite install.
       """
+
+  Scenario: Install a theme, then update to a specific version of that theme
+    Given a WP install
+
+    When I run `wp theme install p2 --version=1.4.1`
+    Then STDOUT should not be empty
+
+    When I run `wp theme update p2 --version=1.4.2`
+    Then STDOUT should not be empty
+
+    When I run `wp theme list --fields=name,version`
+    Then STDOUT should be a table containing rows:
+      | name       | version   |
+      | p2         | 1.4.2     |
diff --git a/php/commands/core.php b/php/commands/core.php
index dfdb15e289..85807ad809 100644
--- a/php/commands/core.php
+++ b/php/commands/core.php
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ function check_update( $_, $assoc_args ) {
 		$release_data = json_decode( $response->body );
 		$release_versions = array_keys( (array) $release_data );
 		usort( $release_versions, function( $a, $b ){
-			return ! version_compare( $a, $b );
+			return 1 === version_compare( $a, $b );
 		});
 
 		$locale = get_locale();
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ function check_update( $_, $assoc_args ) {
 		}
 
 		if ( $updates ) {
+			$updates = array_reverse( $updates );
 			$formatter = new \WP_CLI\Formatter(
 				$assoc_args,
 				array( 'version', 'update_type', 'package_url' )
diff --git a/php/commands/plugin.php b/php/commands/plugin.php
index 95cd478b79..1cdaadaae9 100644
--- a/php/commands/plugin.php
+++ b/php/commands/plugin.php
@@ -298,8 +298,7 @@ protected function install_from_repo( $slug, $assoc_args ) {
 	 * : If set, all plugins that have updates will be updated.
 	 *
 	 * [--version=<version>]
-	 * : If set, the plugin will be updated to the latest development version,
-	 * regardless of what version is currently installed.
+	 * : If set, the plugin will be updated to the specified version.
 	 *
 	 * [--dry-run]
 	 * : Preview which plugins would be updated.
@@ -311,9 +310,11 @@ protected function install_from_repo( $slug, $assoc_args ) {
 	 *     wp plugin update --all
 	 */
 	function update( $args, $assoc_args ) {
-		if ( isset( $assoc_args['version'] ) && 'dev' == $assoc_args['version'] ) {
+		if ( isset( $assoc_args['version'] ) ) {
 			foreach ( $this->fetcher->get_many( $args ) as $plugin ) {
 				$this->_delete( $plugin );
+
+				$assoc_args['force'] = 1;
 				$this->install( array( $plugin->name ), $assoc_args );
 			}
 		} else {
diff --git a/php/commands/scaffold.php b/php/commands/scaffold.php
index babe849e42..050b812285 100644
--- a/php/commands/scaffold.php
+++ b/php/commands/scaffold.php
@@ -490,7 +490,7 @@ function plugin_tests( $args, $assoc_args ) {
 		foreach ( $to_copy as $file => $dir ) {
 			$wp_filesystem->copy( WP_CLI_ROOT . "/templates/$file", "$dir/$file", true );
 			if ( 'install-wp-tests.sh' === $file ) {
-				if ( ! $wp_filesystem->chmod( "$dir/$file", '0755' ) ) {
+				if ( ! $wp_filesystem->chmod( "$dir/$file", 0755 ) ) {
 					WP_CLI::warning( "Couldn't mark install-wp-tests.sh as executable." );
 				}
 			}
@@ -632,4 +632,3 @@ private function init_wp_filesystem() {
 }
 
 WP_CLI::add_command( 'scaffold', 'Scaffold_Command' );
-
diff --git a/php/commands/theme.php b/php/commands/theme.php
index adceda527d..9a09e10f0f 100644
--- a/php/commands/theme.php
+++ b/php/commands/theme.php
@@ -440,8 +440,7 @@ public function get( $args, $assoc_args ) {
 	 * : If set, all themes that have updates will be updated.
 	 *
 	 * [--version=<version>]
-	 * : If set, the theme will be updated to the latest development version,
-	 * regardless of what version is currently installed.
+	 * : If set, the plugin will be updated to the specified version.
 	 *
 	 * [--dry-run]
 	 * : Preview which themes would be updated.
@@ -453,7 +452,19 @@ public function get( $args, $assoc_args ) {
 	 *     wp theme update --all
 	 */
 	function update( $args, $assoc_args ) {
-		parent::update_many( $args, $assoc_args );
+		if ( isset( $assoc_args['version'] ) ) {
+			foreach ( $this->fetcher->get_many( $args ) as $theme ) {
+				$r = delete_theme( $theme->stylesheet );
+				if ( is_wp_error( $r ) ) {
+					WP_CLI::warning( $r );
+				} else {
+					$assoc_args['force'] = 1;
+					$this->install( array( $theme->stylesheet ), $assoc_args );
+				}
+			}
+		} else {
+			parent::update_many( $args, $assoc_args );
+		}
 	}
 
 	/**
diff --git a/utils/wp-cli-updatedeb.sh b/utils/wp-cli-updatedeb.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c4f34efb51
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils/wp-cli-updatedeb.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# Package wp-cli to be installed in Debian-compatible systems.
+# Only the phar file is included.
+#
+# VERSION       :0.2
+# DATE          :2014-11-19
+# AUTHOR        :Viktor Szépe <viktor@szepe.net>
+# LICENSE       :The MIT License (MIT)
+# URL           :https://github.com/wp-cli/wp-cli/tree/master/utils
+# BASH-VERSION  :4.2+
+
+# packages source path
+DIR="php-wpcli"
+# phar URL
+PHAR="https://github.com/wp-cli/builds/raw/gh-pages/phar/wp-cli.phar"
+
+die() {
+    local RET="$1"
+    shift
+
+    echo -e "$@" >&2
+    exit "$RET"
+}
+
+dump_control() {
+    cat > DEBIAN/control <<CTRL
+Package: php-wpcli
+Version: 0.0.0
+Architecture: all
+Maintainer: Daniel Bachhuber <daniel@handbuilt.co>
+Section: php
+Priority: optional
+Depends: php5-cli, php5-mysql | php5-mysqlnd, mysql-client
+Homepage: http://wp-cli.org/
+Description: wp-cli is a set of command-line tools for managing
+ WordPress installations. You can update plugins, set up multisite
+ installs and much more, without using a web browser.
+
+CTRL
+}
+
+# deb's dir
+if ! [ -d "$DIR" ]; then
+    mkdir "$DIR" || die 1 "Cannot create directory here: ${PWD}"
+fi
+
+pushd "$DIR"
+
+# control file
+if ! [ -r DEBIAN/control ]; then
+    mkdir DEBIAN
+    dump_control
+fi
+
+# content dirs
+[ -d usr/bin ] || mkdir -p usr/bin
+
+# download current version
+wget -nv -O usr/bin/wp "$PHAR" || die 3 "Phar download failure"
+chmod +x usr/bin/wp || die 4 "chmod failure"
+
+# get version
+WPCLI_VER="$(grep -ao "define.*WP_CLI_VERSION.*;" usr/bin/wp | cut -d"'" -f4)"
+[ -z "$WPCLI_VER" ] && die 5 "Cannot get wp-cli version"
+echo "Current version: ${WPCLI_VER}"
+
+# update version
+sed -i "s/^Version: .*$/Version: ${WPCLI_VER}/" DEBIAN/control || die 6 "Version update failure"
+
+# update MD5-s
+find usr -type f -exec md5sum \{\} \; > DEBIAN/md5sums || die 7 "md5sum creation failure"
+
+popd
+
+# build package in the current diretory
+WPCLI_PKG="${PWD}/php-wpcli_${WPCLI_VER}_all.deb"
+fakeroot dpkg-deb --build "$DIR" "$WPCLI_PKG" || die 8 "Packaging failed"
+
+# optional steps
+echo "sign it:  dpkg-sig -k <YOUR-KEY> -s builder \"$WPCLI_PKG\""
+echo "include in your repo:  pushd /var/www/<REPO-DIR>"
+echo "reprepro includedeb wheezy \"$WPCLI_PKG\" && popd"