# Elastic Stack Upgradation **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Tags:** snapshot-and-restore\ **Created:** [July 6, 2023, 7:49am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-stack-upgradation/337760 "2023-07-06T07:49:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Akulainelastic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8c91f0/32.png) [@Akulainelastic](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Akulainelastic)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2023, 7:49am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-stack-upgradation/337760/1 "2023-07-06T07:49:51Z")
Hi All, so I want to upgrade the entire elk stack version from 7.2 to 8.4 , could anyone shed some light here upon what all backup and prerequisites I need to take care of. Thanks in advance. ---
**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:** [July 6, 2023, 7:57am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-stack-upgradation/337760/2 "2023-07-06T07:57:59Z")
As outlined in [the documentation](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/8.8/setup-upgrade.html) you must first upgarde to 7.17 and run the upgrade assistant. Once any identified issues have been addressed I would recommend you upgrade to version 8.8, which is the latest at this point, and not the now old 8.4 version. Before starting the process I would recommend taking a full backup using the snapshot API. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2023, 7:58am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-stack-upgradation/337760/3 "2023-08-03T07:58:04Z")
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