# Beta version with Lucene 4.0

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/beta-version-with-lucene-4-0/8975>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [September 10, 2012, 2:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/beta-version-with-lucene-4-0/8975 "2012-09-10T14:16:04Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Kilian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ee7513/32.png) [@Kilian](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Kilian)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2012, 2:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/beta-version-with-lucene-4-0/8975/1 "2012-09-10T14:16:04Z")

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Hi,

are there any plans for an elasticsearch beta version with Lucene 4.0  
(Beta).  
The Fuzzy string search should be much faster in Lucene 4.0.

Cheers, Kilian

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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:** [July 6, 2017, 3:13am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/beta-version-with-lucene-4-0/8975/2 "2017-07-06T03:13:20Z")

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