diff --git a/serving-tiles/manually-building-a-tile-server-debian-11.md b/serving-tiles/manually-building-a-tile-server-debian-11.md
index 71a74bf..6c2e565 100644
--- a/serving-tiles/manually-building-a-tile-server-debian-11.md
+++ b/serving-tiles/manually-building-a-tile-server-debian-11.md
@@ -98,6 +98,10 @@ Here we're assuming that we're storing the stylesheet details in a directory bel
     cd ~/src
     git clone https://github.com/gravitystorm/openstreetmap-carto
     cd openstreetmap-carto
+    git pull --all
+    git switch --detach v5.9.0
+
+The "git switch" is needed because that's the latest release that you can see at OpenStreetMap, but OSM Carto is in the process of moving to a different database format.  See OSM Carto's [INSTALL.md](https://github.com/gravitystorm/openstreetmap-carto/blob/master/INSTALL.md) for the newer version.
 
 Next, we'll install a suitable version of the "carto" compiler. 
 
diff --git a/serving-tiles/manually-building-a-tile-server-debian-12.md b/serving-tiles/manually-building-a-tile-server-debian-12.md
index deee135..5fafd42 100644
--- a/serving-tiles/manually-building-a-tile-server-debian-12.md
+++ b/serving-tiles/manually-building-a-tile-server-debian-12.md
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ Here we're assuming that we're storing the stylesheet details in a directory bel
     git pull --all
     git switch --detach v5.9.0
 
-The "git switch" is needed because that's the latest release that you can see at OpenStreetMap, but OSM Carto is in the process of moving to a different database format.  See OSM CArto's [INSTALL.md](https://github.com/gravitystorm/openstreetmap-carto/blob/master/INSTALL.md) for the newer version.
+The "git switch" is needed because that's the latest release that you can see at OpenStreetMap, but OSM Carto is in the process of moving to a different database format.  See OSM Carto's [INSTALL.md](https://github.com/gravitystorm/openstreetmap-carto/blob/master/INSTALL.md) for the newer version.
 
 Next, we'll check that we have installed a suitable version of the "carto" compiler. 
 
diff --git a/serving-tiles/manually-building-a-tile-server-ubuntu-22-04-lts.md b/serving-tiles/manually-building-a-tile-server-ubuntu-22-04-lts.md
index 92bc5da..e353e22 100644
--- a/serving-tiles/manually-building-a-tile-server-ubuntu-22-04-lts.md
+++ b/serving-tiles/manually-building-a-tile-server-ubuntu-22-04-lts.md
@@ -92,6 +92,10 @@ Here we're assuming that we're storing the stylesheet details in a directory bel
     cd ~/src
     git clone https://github.com/gravitystorm/openstreetmap-carto
     cd openstreetmap-carto
+    git pull --all
+    git switch --detach v5.9.0
+
+The "git switch" is needed because that's the latest release that you can see at OpenStreetMap, but OSM Carto is in the process of moving to a different database format.  See OSM Carto's [INSTALL.md](https://github.com/gravitystorm/openstreetmap-carto/blob/master/INSTALL.md) for the newer version.
 
 Next, we'll install a suitable version of the "carto" compiler. 
 
diff --git a/serving-tiles/manually-building-a-tile-server-ubuntu-24-04-lts.md b/serving-tiles/manually-building-a-tile-server-ubuntu-24-04-lts.md
index f039f73..755b881 100644
--- a/serving-tiles/manually-building-a-tile-server-ubuntu-24-04-lts.md
+++ b/serving-tiles/manually-building-a-tile-server-ubuntu-24-04-lts.md
@@ -92,6 +92,10 @@ Here we're assuming that we're storing the stylesheet details in a directory bel
     cd ~/src
     git clone https://github.com/gravitystorm/openstreetmap-carto
     cd openstreetmap-carto
+    git pull --all
+    git switch --detach v5.9.0
+
+The "git switch" is needed because that's the latest release that you can see at OpenStreetMap, but OSM Carto is in the process of moving to a different database format.  See OSM Carto's [INSTALL.md](https://github.com/gravitystorm/openstreetmap-carto/blob/master/INSTALL.md) for the newer version.
 
 Next, we'll install a suitable version of the "carto" compiler.