# APM Requirement **URL:** \ **Category:** APM\ **Created:** [February 20, 2018, 12:31pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-requirement/120641 "2018-02-20T12:31:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![akash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@akash](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/akash)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2018, 12:31pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-requirement/120641/1 "2018-02-20T12:31:42Z")
Hi, What is the minimum elastic search version required for running APM. Currently we are using elastic search 2.4. Will APM run on this version. What are other important things to consider? Kindly provide your inputs ---
**Author:** ![makwarth](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/makwarth/32/27639_2.png) [@makwarth](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/makwarth)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2018, 1:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-requirement/120641/2 "2018-02-20T13:28:55Z")
Hi, thanks for reaching out. Version 5.6 or above is required to run Elastic APM. More info in the docs: [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/apm/get-started/current/index.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/apm/get-started/current/index.html) best, Rasmus ---
**Author:** ![akash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@akash](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/akash)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2018, 2:55pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-requirement/120641/3 "2018-02-20T14:55:17Z")
Thanks for the quick revert. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2018, 10:55am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-requirement/120641/4 "2018-03-13T10:55:29Z")
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