Does logstash need a restart when a geoip database is updated?

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Does logstash need a restart when a geoip database is updated?
There are a lot of questions for same in previous logstash versions. I was wondering if this is still true for logstash 7.
Did not find information regarding a logstash restart in the docs either.
https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/7.0/geoip-processor.html
https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/logstash/current/plugins-filters-geoip.html

thanks

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Yes it does. See this issue.

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