# Can't get the Upgrade Assistant to show up in Kibana

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cant-get-the-upgrade-assistant-to-show-up-in-kibana/107795>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [November 15, 2017, 5:43pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cant-get-the-upgrade-assistant-to-show-up-in-kibana/107795 "2017-11-15T17:43:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![Warren\_Turner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Warren\_Turner](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Warren_Turner)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2017, 5:43pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cant-get-the-upgrade-assistant-to-show-up-in-kibana/107795/1 "2017-11-15T17:43:32Z")

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Hey Everybody,  
I'm trying upgrade to Elasticsearch 6 and the docs recommend to use the upgrade assistant. I have x-pack installed and I added the Basic license which worked fine. However, when I went to Kibana \> management there is no upgrade assistant listed (or ElasticSearch section at all).

I'm running Kibana 5.4 and x-pack 5.4, do I need to upgrade them first or something?

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2017, 5:47pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cant-get-the-upgrade-assistant-to-show-up-in-kibana/107795/2 "2017-11-15T17:47:41Z")

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I think the upgrade assistant was added in 5.6, so you will need to upgrade to that first I believe.

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**Author:** ![Warren\_Turner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Warren\_Turner](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Warren_Turner)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2017, 7:45pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cant-get-the-upgrade-assistant-to-show-up-in-kibana/107795/3 "2017-11-15T19:45:30Z")

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Ah ok thanks!

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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:** [December 13, 2017, 7:45pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cant-get-the-upgrade-assistant-to-show-up-in-kibana/107795/4 "2017-12-13T19:45:32Z")

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