# Auto-upgrade Elastic Agent to bugfix releases

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/auto-upgrade-elastic-agent-to-bugfix-releases/250845>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** filebeat, elastic-agent\
**Created:** [October 2, 2020, 8:53pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/auto-upgrade-elastic-agent-to-bugfix-releases/250845 "2020-10-02T20:53:36Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![nemhods](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/48db29/32.png) [@nemhods](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/nemhods)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2020, 8:53pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/auto-upgrade-elastic-agent-to-bugfix-releases/250845/1 "2020-10-02T20:53:36Z")

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Hi there,

I've set the agent upgrading setting in the Ingest Manager to `Automatically update agent binaries to use the latest minor version.`.

My stack is on 7.9.2, and I have agents on 7.9.0 and 7.9.1. Those probably won't be updated because there is no new **minor** version (which would be 7.10 if I'm not mistaking).

Is there, or will there be a way to upgrade the Elastic Agent to bugfix releases through ingest manager? This might be quite important if a nasty bug in Elastic Agent is fixed.

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**Author:** ![ruflin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ruflin/32/3116_2.png) [@ruflin](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ruflin)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2020, 9:06am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/auto-upgrade-elastic-agent-to-bugfix-releases/250845/2 "2020-10-08T09:06:57Z")

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@nemhods I assume this is what you are looking for? [https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/78469](https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/78469) This will only be available in 7.10 and newer.

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**Author:** ![nemhods](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/48db29/32.png) [@nemhods](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/nemhods)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2020, 9:49am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/auto-upgrade-elastic-agent-to-bugfix-releases/250845/3 "2020-10-08T09:49:07Z")

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Hmm. Almost!  
The functionality discussed there is one that I assumed was already in 7.9, because there is already the option: `Automatically update agent binaries to use the latest minor version`. (Same issue as this person: [Manual manage agent binary version](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/manual-manage-agent-binary-version/248009))

Now that this feature comes in, I'll see whether the upgrading also works for Bugfix releases, meaning e.g. 7.10.0 -\> 7.10.1

Do you happen to know if I only need my Stack at 7.10 for upgrading to work, or also the agent binary on 7.10?

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**Author:** ![ruflin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ruflin/32/3116_2.png) [@ruflin](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ruflin)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2020, 7:38am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/auto-upgrade-elastic-agent-to-bugfix-releases/250845/4 "2020-10-12T07:38:27Z")

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Yeah, sorry about that UI part that slipped into 7.9 but should not have been there as we pulled out the upgrade. Just ignore it 😉

Upgrade will also work for bugfix releases.

For upgrade to work, also your agent has to be on 7.10 as it is the Agent that does most of the lifting.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2020, 9:38am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/auto-upgrade-elastic-agent-to-bugfix-releases/250845/5 "2020-11-09T09:38:46Z")

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