Abstract: A system includes a processor and a non-transitory computer readable medium including programming instructions. The programming instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to generate a vehicle software plan to update a vehicle software for a vehicle system from an installed version to a desired version. The vehicle software plan may include any intervening software versions between the installed version and the desired version. The programming instructions, when executed by the processor, further cause the processor to execute a vehicle software update to transmit, via a wireless communication link, one or more software packages to the vehicle system with the vehicle system being in a service mode in accordance with the vehicle software plan in response to the vehicle software plan being accepted, and update the vehicle system from the service mode to a non-service mode in response to the vehicle software being updated to the desired version.