Official Firmware

**RETRO™** · (Edited 09-26-2026, 05:24 PM by **RETRO™**.)

★ LATEST FIRMWARE: 4.93 ★
» Download PS3 System Firmware 4.93 (196.65 MB) «
All retail PS3 models (Fat, Slim & Super Slim) • MD5: A2B60B6AC1D2E49E230144345616927C

▌ Installation Guide

Format a USB drive as FAT32 (the PS3 does not read exFAT or NTFS).
On the drive, create a folder named PS3, and inside it a folder named UPDATE (all caps).
Download the firmware you need and rename the file to exactly PS3UPDAT.PUP.
Final path should be: USB:\PS3\UPDATE\PS3UPDAT.PUP
Plug the USB into the PS3 (the right-most port on Fat models), then go to Settings → System Update → Update via Storage Media.
Or boot into Recovery Mode: with the PS3 fully off, hold Power until you hear a double beep, connect the controller with a USB cable, press PS, and choose System Update.

Quote:⚠ Important Notes
Do NOT install 3.56 build 1 or 3.41 build 1. These are known bad releases that can brick your PS3. They are listed for archival purposes only. Use build 2 of each instead.

Official firmware cannot be downgraded. The system updater only installs a version equal to or higher than what is currently on your PS3.

Custom firmware / HEN users: installing official firmware removes CFW / HEN. Make sure you know what your setup needs before updating.

Never turn off the PS3 or unplug the USB drive during an update. An interrupted update can brick the system.

These are retail (CEX) firmware files only. Disc-dump copies (padded to 256 MB) are not included.

Always verify the MD5 hash after downloading to make sure the file is complete and unmodified.

▌ Firmware Downloads
Newest first • Click the version number to download

■ Firmware 4.xx (37 releases)

PS3 Firmware 4.93 [NEW] | 196.65 MB | MD5: A2B60B6AC1D2E49E230144345616927C
PS3 Firmware 4.92 | 196.63 MB | MD5: C179AD173BBC08B55431D30947725A4B
PS3 Firmware 4.91 | 196.64 MB | MD5: 3694EB3FB8D9915C112E6AB41A60C69F
PS3 Firmware 4.90 | 196.58 MB | MD5: 05FE32F5DC8C78ACBCD84D36EE7FDC5B
PS3 Firmware 4.89 | 196.64 MB | MD5: 95307E1B51D3BCC33A274DB91488D29F
PS3 Firmware 4.88 | 196.6 MB | MD5: A0B63A3E4AE92ED176D6B9A67CE447F0
PS3 Firmware 4.87 | 196.58 MB | MD5: 03373A581934F0D2B796156D2FB28B39
PS3 Firmware 4.86 | 196.58 MB | MD5: CF9CB4BA53A83AD557501417837C8DE9
PS3 Firmware 4.85 | 196.59 MB | MD5: C975768E5D70E105A72656F498CC9BE9
PS3 Firmware 4.84 | 196.6 MB | MD5: DA485A99E39105B2CCFFA5AF59F82221
PS3 Firmware 4.83 | 196.57 MB | MD5: 69B4529FD584523CF37E6D29107B9A8B
PS3 Firmware 4.82 | 196.62 MB | MD5: 152D950C365EDE4130C53CEB18DCD43B
PS3 Firmware 4.81 | 196.61 MB | MD5: B2483B4ABC157494447C9C409C036041
PS3 Firmware 4.80 | 196.59 MB | MD5: 2C7AC82E02DB9CE396618E6644A8C52D
PS3 Firmware 4.78 | 196.55 MB | MD5: FD767E12D7A9F8288C277EE00704256C
PS3 Firmware 4.76 | 196.72 MB | MD5: BF0563DC7D3450945D080A15A64D876D
PS3 Firmware 4.75 | 196.71 MB | MD5: 02C72E559533ABDE0ADD6850AADCFB34
PS3 Firmware 4.70 | 196.75 MB | MD5: 6E858CB2037A6DB8FDFB0B04665256F1
PS3 Firmware 4.66 | 196.53 MB | MD5: EB6E53673D92C9791CC9BE64B0411378
PS3 Firmware 4.65 | 196.53 MB | MD5: 8C5C36958BA5FAACDC6E477797C051B8
PS3 Firmware 4.60 | 196.54 MB | MD5: 0BBFEC941B00CA88FDC777182FF95DFE
PS3 Firmware 4.55 | 194.91 MB | MD5: 15048B78CD1F7635EF0796FE42727CE2
PS3 Firmware 4.53 | 194.92 MB | MD5: 6EDD8792C2659102026003BC8A93534E
PS3 Firmware 4.50 | 194.72 MB | MD5: E3DECAF8BEEF0ABC8F7999F66DE05AF9
PS3 Firmware 4.46 | 194.31 MB | MD5: 6085B02C415EC912FAB4670D7957DB68
PS3 Firmware 4.45 | 194.35 MB | MD5: E6D82C8201D5D528095221BB7034FFA7
PS3 Firmware 4.41 | 194.19 MB | MD5: A2FBA1BF2362F1B41737A69DD2433F00
PS3 Firmware 4.40 | 194.18 MB | MD5: 1B6A1CB5A909325A7F5ED949E8CC57CB
PS3 Firmware 4.31 | 192.3 MB | MD5: 70067A427E003E892EF81A0FCA04EB1D
PS3 Firmware 4.30 | 192.31 MB | MD5: 7E99B978582026DF83AD7224FFA8C8D0
PS3 Firmware 4.25 | 192.7 MB | MD5: A35B7E74015408E463D15FD66A245929
PS3 Firmware 4.21 | 192.18 MB | MD5: 31F890BD9E75DEED773C29E51E56A4B9
PS3 Firmware 4.20 | 192.19 MB | MD5: 10C273D5390AA318986E81C6F3746B27
PS3 Firmware 4.11 | 189.53 MB | MD5: 7E6DBB1708AB1DF66F0A0F0E2987E8F4
PS3 Firmware 4.10 | 189.48 MB | MD5: 2C3671D071279B4F4B4D07E7166EAF38
PS3 Firmware 4.01 | 180.35 MB | MD5: A015671AE8622523956F1BFA0D1D54A0
PS3 Firmware 4.00 | 180.32 MB | MD5: 52419374BA45A3D4A2B2DFACE2594140

■ Firmware 3.xx (23 releases)

PS3 Firmware 3.73 | 185.52 MB | MD5: 077A6A0A9ABF3622373E3DAA53F3EC70
PS3 Firmware 3.72 | 185.52 MB | MD5: C7D179D273699C2E5D53E401264828F3
PS3 Firmware 3.71 | 185.52 MB | MD5: 746A6FFB564F0808AF951E2FC30199C8
PS3 Firmware 3.70 | 185.49 MB | MD5: 7EE6B91BBD07DDE1E65A0681DE66745B
PS3 Firmware 3.66 | 178.17 MB | MD5: F4CBE2651E9A0C6115028043BDC2C5DD
PS3 Firmware 3.65 | 178.17 MB | MD5: 3001E6BECBEA7ABF30FC35A7819C4478
PS3 Firmware 3.61 | 176.95 MB | MD5: F446810AABEC0AF1340C02D852E4118C
PS3 Firmware 3.60 | 176.95 MB | MD5: 91EE193A2FA921A6FCE780FC40236E3B
PS3 Firmware 3.56 (build 1) [⚠ RISK OF BRICK – DO NOT INSTALL] | 176.03 MB | MD5: 6E070C96E0464E993AAF9DEAC3660863
PS3 Firmware 3.56 (build 2) | 176.03 MB | MD5: 2A52196399A4B96EA568AAFA65D1A27E
PS3 Firmware 3.55 [CFW compatible] | 170.6 MB | MD5: CA595AD9F3AF8F1491D9C9B6921A8C61
PS3 Firmware 3.50 | 169.46 MB | MD5: 0215E26D1DADEB950471A9C3397A140A
PS3 Firmware 3.42 | 167.08 MB | MD5: 6BA866514589155AB094099A9F358FFD
PS3 Firmware 3.41 (build 1) [⚠ RISK OF BRICK – DO NOT INSTALL] | 167.08 MB | MD5: 00C835BE718FC3D5F793E130A2B74217
PS3 Firmware 3.41 (build 2) [PS Jailbreak compatible] | 167.08 MB | MD5: E07D2B84C9E9691C261B73E5F1AADA20
PS3 Firmware 3.40 | 167.02 MB | MD5: 88B2F8D458119F666C97D893C17201CD
PS3 Firmware 3.30 | 166.41 MB | MD5: 6BDF1B2409D705A0136C40746C62E85D
PS3 Firmware 3.21 | 164.34 MB | MD5: 3A08EF6164A7770AE3E7D5B9F366437A
PS3 Firmware 3.16 | 163.86 MB | MD5: F4C191FFBA72E008BC750B091219E1F6
PS3 Firmware 3.15 | 163.85 MB | MD5: 54EE80E14E479F8351A988EB9A472072
PS3 Firmware 3.10 | 159.49 MB | MD5: 70296B36D559E35752AE6EFD04F702C0
PS3 Firmware 3.01 | 153.51 MB | MD5: 6D956116EB5094564359339F60650F56
PS3 Firmware 3.00 | 153.52 MB | MD5: C049DE7A6A4B03D53E7F9FDE04E0FC08

■ Firmware 2.xx (19 releases)

PS3 Firmware 2.80 | 142.67 MB | MD5: D69362743142953BE7CB44A5FD5CC888
PS3 Firmware 2.76 | 142.42 MB | MD5: D6856F234F3066B94DC88AB430A63BFB
PS3 Firmware 2.70 | 142.45 MB | MD5: 3352ADC32E39EC5F7B4CDEB8B861052A
PS3 Firmware 2.60 | 138.66 MB | MD5: 043067D8624040F9F3F1A8DC2E662BCE
PS3 Firmware 2.53 | 137.5 MB | MD5: 5B0E9D62FF6E9EDC796DB9A2916824F0
PS3 Firmware 2.52 | 137.38 MB | MD5: E9CD7C268667EE695A708BF00C6853D8
PS3 Firmware 2.50 | 137.4 MB | MD5: 823AB63C96D570510B254A80755DF446
PS3 Firmware 2.43 | 130.38 MB | MD5: DA62CBC7EAFDE9F6792B8A76A4AEF004
PS3 Firmware 2.42 | 130.38 MB | MD5: 60A6C36E2DD2000B3FDA3205428665DC
PS3 Firmware 2.41 | 130.38 MB | MD5: 67C660325B0B97ACDEDA6C0913DC1F74
PS3 Firmware 2.40 | 130.38 MB | MD5: 96E9DEF601672C5ABCBB4604BB2346F1
PS3 Firmware 2.36 | 125.2 MB | MD5: 0274382CB3E21AA90E319EBA358588C6
PS3 Firmware 2.35 | 124.47 MB | MD5: DB48CBCDE359982C065C2F5503204B67
PS3 Firmware 2.30 | 124.48 MB | MD5: DD2E675FCE5D2EB28CA93BC32EDB3DE6
PS3 Firmware 2.20 | 121.81 MB | MD5: D33EB3EF5721BC940CA29B4C80B96BDE
PS3 Firmware 2.17 | 119.59 MB | MD5: B859CA0F15FE9516D85FD0D89444AC5B
PS3 Firmware 2.10 | 119.67 MB | MD5: 08393F1BD8E91589C95837142CAF0A58
PS3 Firmware 2.01 | 118.92 MB | MD5: 1D8E69249AA1A5593307CF7D8CA8A331
PS3 Firmware 2.00 | 118.92 MB | MD5: F9DF10BB57CDEEEF8395C39415F54965

■ Firmware 1.xx (17 releases)

PS3 Firmware 1.93 | 119.48 MB | MD5: 9C95692D4DD1C1E17C2B0CE5DCAEBBA1
PS3 Firmware 1.92 | 119.48 MB | MD5: 0F99147438936578951DD9D3F514000A
PS3 Firmware 1.90 | 119.38 MB | MD5: BCEFC8569AE4C2F4B7C09FD52F728C02
PS3 Firmware 1.82 | 110.58 MB | MD5: 25DE800491E8E88104D7E30B7524E9DC
PS3 Firmware 1.81 | 110.58 MB | MD5: B81FE78B163B62CE8983AD990306FE57
PS3 Firmware 1.80 | 110.59 MB | MD5: FD9887626F734B46B271AEC58E827CB2
PS3 Firmware 1.70 | 106.77 MB | MD5: 468238974943B45C09AEB632853401F2
PS3 Firmware 1.60 | 104.01 MB | MD5: 3A5F49BCEE3948301AA698ED57ECB10E
PS3 Firmware 1.54 | 98.95 MB | MD5: 891BF61F56808119C4968AC3A9101540
PS3 Firmware 1.51 | 98.96 MB | MD5: AFD01D9C72B3B69C03A0206C45D87DDA
PS3 Firmware 1.50 | 98.96 MB | MD5: 9D7F3830FB3082FEBF303BD0CE2F17C9
PS3 Firmware 1.32 | 97.38 MB | MD5: C4B08159EAA9FCE111E076FB255AA106
PS3 Firmware 1.31 | 97.37 MB | MD5: 602A1373CF1845D56348698D7037AB1B
PS3 Firmware 1.30 | 97.36 MB | MD5: D2C1AA63E55F5EB74E9846112D843F2B
PS3 Firmware 1.11 | 98.22 MB | MD5: 8B6B4FB0A5FDD68BF85F02D4F6A0F096
PS3 Firmware 1.10 | 98.21 MB | MD5: 374371771AD1608D0684C4D588440F0B
PS3 Firmware 1.02 | 90.94 MB | MD5: DA5438F39B3B6E5EF904D91162D93086

Source & Credits
All files are hosted by and linked directly from the Midnight Channel PlayStation Firmware Archive.
All firmware is the property of Sony Interactive Entertainment. Files are unmodified official releases.