# Governance

> Have a say in how Aztec changes. Follow public proposals, sequencer signalling, tokenholder voting, and the timelock before an approved upgrade executes.

Canonical: https://aztec.network/token/governance  
Type: Page summary  
Publisher: Aztec Foundation

## Questions

### How does an Aztec protocol upgrade pass?

An improvement proposal is reviewed in public, turned into an onchain upgrade payload, and signalled by sequencers as they propose blocks. With enough signals it becomes a proposal, tokenholders vote, and a mandatory timelock runs before anyone can execute it. It must clear quorum, a supermajority, and a minimum participation level at once.

Reviewed 21 September 2026  
Sources: [aztec.network](https://aztec.network/blog/how-aztec-governance-works)

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