# Can I upgrade my kibana node thats running 7.6.1 to 7.11 without upgrading my elasticsearch and logstash nodes which are running 7.6.1?

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**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [February 25, 2021, 8:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-i-upgrade-my-kibana-node-thats-running-7-6-1-to-7-11-without-upgrading-my-elasticsearch-and-logstash-nodes-which-are-running-7-6-1/265538 "2021-02-25T20:18:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![deep9300](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c89c15/32.png) [@deep9300](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/deep9300)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2021, 8:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-i-upgrade-my-kibana-node-thats-running-7-6-1-to-7-11-without-upgrading-my-elasticsearch-and-logstash-nodes-which-are-running-7-6-1/265538/1 "2021-02-25T20:18:01Z")

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I have a 5 node ELK cluster. I have kibana 7.6.1 running on a single node. Elasticsearch 7.6.1 on 3 other nodes. Logstash 7.6.1 on the last node.

Can I upgrade kibana without upgrading elasticsearch and logstash to 7.11 to make use of the new alerts platform it has?

So a final cluster consisting of kibana 7.11, elasticsearch 7.6.1 and logstash 7.6.1 ?

Thank you

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**Author:** ![stephenb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/stephenb/32/40856_2.png) [@stephenb](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/stephenb)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2021, 8:24pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-i-upgrade-my-kibana-node-thats-running-7-6-1-to-7-11-without-upgrading-my-elasticsearch-and-logstash-nodes-which-are-running-7-6-1/265538/2 "2021-02-25T20:24:34Z")

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Hi @deep9300

That is not a supported configuration.

That being Kibana ahead of Elasticsearch (it wont work) you should always try to keep Elasticsearch and Kibana in sync.

Logstash / beats can fall behind...

Upgrade Order is defined [here](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elastic-stack/current/upgrading-elastic-stack.html)

- Upgrade the components of your Elastic Stack in the following order:

1. Elasticsearch Hadoop: [install instructions](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/hadoop/7.11/install.html)
2. Elasticsearch: [upgrade instructions](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/7.11/setup-upgrade.html)
3. Kibana: [upgrade instructions](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/7.11/upgrade.html)
4. Java High Level REST Client: [dependency configuration](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/client/java-rest/7.11/java-rest-high-getting-started-maven.html)
5. Logstash: [upgrade instructions](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/logstash/7.11/upgrading-logstash.html)
6. Beats: [upgrade instructions](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/libbeat/7.11/upgrading.html)
7. APM Server: [upgrade instructions](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/apm/server/7.11/upgrading.html)

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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:** [March 25, 2021, 8:24pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-i-upgrade-my-kibana-node-thats-running-7-6-1-to-7-11-without-upgrading-my-elasticsearch-and-logstash-nodes-which-are-running-7-6-1/265538/3 "2021-03-25T20:24:38Z")

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