Check if there are any updates available:
freebsd-update fetch
If there are updates, you can install them by running the following command:
freebsd-update install
When it is finish installing the updates it will say if there are any version upgrades. It will not automatically install major RELEASE versions, if that is the case, I will refer you to my other post about upgrading FreeBSD RELEASE, link below.
Thomas F. Christensen December 10th, 2017
Posted In: FreeBSD
Tags: freebsd, release, update, upgrade