# Cannot start ElasticSearch

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-start-elasticsearch/129779>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [April 27, 2018, 7:21am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-start-elasticsearch/129779 "2018-04-27T07:21:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![No\_Executable](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/no_executable/32/29075_2.png) [@No\_Executable](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/No_Executable)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2018, 7:25am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-start-elasticsearch/129779/4 "2018-05-02T07:25:51Z")

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It was the latest Java update that caused the issue. Reverted to older version and it worked, hope for a fix.

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