There may be disclosed a method of setting a software upgrade for a home appliance and a device implementing the same, which may include transmitting an installation instruction message of the downloaded software to the home appliance from the management server based on the upgrade request message, transmitting an upgrade function setting message to the user terminal from the management server after completion of software installation, and transmitting a control instruction message instructing the user terminal to control the home appliance by checking an operating state of the home appliance or to control the upgrade function setting suitable for the operating state of the home appliance from the management server.