Airflow Version Upgrade for Enterprises: A Practical Blueprint for AWS, Snowflake, dbt, and Fintech Data Platforms

Airflow version upgrades for enterprises require careful planning and execution to ensure reliability, auditability, and control. This involves inventorying current versions, dependencies, and plugins, and validating DAGs and providers. A controlled engineering process is necessary for upgrades, especially for regulated fintech environments. Enterprises should use constraints when installing Airflow and validate dependencies, metadata databases, and IAM boundaries. This blueprint provides a practical guide for upgrading Airflow on AWS, Snowflake, dbt, and fintech platforms.