# Elastic Search update from 7.16.2 to 8.13.3

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-search-update-from-7-16-2-to-8-13-3/363975>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [July 29, 2024, 11:42am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-search-update-from-7-16-2-to-8-13-3/363975 "2024-07-29T11:42:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![nishant\_goyal](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/nishant_goyal/32/136364_2.png) [@nishant\_goyal](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/nishant_goyal)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2024, 11:42am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-search-update-from-7-16-2-to-8-13-3/363975/1 "2024-07-29T11:42:35Z")

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I updated the Elasticsearch from 7.16.2 version to 8.13.3

After that, i am not able to see any previous document

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**Author:** ![carly.richmond](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/carly.richmond/32/104935_2.png) [@carly.richmond](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/carly.richmond)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2024, 1:09pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-search-update-from-7-16-2-to-8-13-3/363975/2 "2024-07-29T13:09:09Z")

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Hi @nishant_goyal,

Welcome! Did you upgrade to 7.17 first [as per the upgrade guide](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/setup-upgrade.html)? Did you use the upgrade assistant, and if so did it flag any issues?

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**Author:** ![nishant\_goyal](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/nishant_goyal/32/136364_2.png) [@nishant\_goyal](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/nishant_goyal)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2024, 6:44am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-search-update-from-7-16-2-to-8-13-3/363975/3 "2024-07-30T06:44:58Z")

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no i directly update to 8.3.3 version and all the Indexes showing incompatibility

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**Author:** ![carly.richmond](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/carly.richmond/32/104935_2.png) [@carly.richmond](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/carly.richmond)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2024, 1:46pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-search-update-from-7-16-2-to-8-13-3/363975/4 "2024-07-31T13:46:11Z")

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To confirm, all the indices were showing as incompatible rather than compatible? Did you reindex or delete them?

Do you have a snapshot of your indices? It's not something I've done myself, but I wonder if you can use the [archive capability](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/8.14/archive-indices.html) to access those indices.