# Elasticsearch-hadoop Spark 4 compatible release timelines **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [August 25, 2026, 10:26am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-hadoop-spark-4-compatible-release-timelines/389906 "2026-08-25T10:26:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Nathan\_Grand](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/nathan_grand/32/148114_2.png) [@Nathan\_Grand](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Nathan_Grand)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2026, 10:26am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-hadoop-spark-4-compatible-release-timelines/389906/1 "2026-08-25T10:26:37Z")
Hi, I'd like to know when a Spark 4 compatible release of [GitHub - elastic/elasticsearch-hadoop: Elasticsearch real-time search and analytics natively integrated with Hadoop · GitHub](https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch-hadoop) is expected? I believe this might be 9.6? Thanks in advance. Nathan ---
**Author:** ![Etiosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/edb3f5/32.png) [@Etiosa](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Etiosa)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2026, 11:30am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-hadoop-spark-4-compatible-release-timelines/389906/2 "2026-08-25T11:30:58Z")
Hi can i know the importance to it ---
**Author:** ![Nathan\_Grand](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/nathan_grand/32/148114_2.png) [@Nathan\_Grand](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Nathan_Grand)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2026, 12:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-hadoop-spark-4-compatible-release-timelines/389906/3 "2026-08-25T12:20:20Z")
Hi Etiosa, We're in the process of upgrading from Spark 3 to Spark 4, and this is one of the few libraries we use which isn't yet publishing Spark 4 versions. If there's a version being released soon (it looks like work has very much started landing into main) then I won't look at replacing it in our stack; if there isn't then I'll have to look at options. Nathan ---
**Author:** ![Keith\_Massey](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/keith_massey/32/83666_2.png) [@Keith\_Massey](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Keith_Massey)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2026, 1:38pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-hadoop-spark-4-compatible-release-timelines/389906/4 "2026-08-25T13:38:07Z")
Yes, support for Spark 3.5, 4.0, 4.1, and 4.2 will be in 9.6.0. ---
**Author:** ![Nathan\_Grand](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/nathan_grand/32/148114_2.png) [@Nathan\_Grand](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Nathan_Grand)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2026, 3:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-hadoop-spark-4-compatible-release-timelines/389906/5 "2026-08-25T15:48:24Z")
Super, and is there a target release date for that? ---
**Author:** ![Keith\_Massey](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/keith_massey/32/83666_2.png) [@Keith\_Massey](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Keith_Massey)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2026, 7:55pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-hadoop-spark-4-compatible-release-timelines/389906/6 "2026-08-25T19:55:20Z")
Unfortunately, Elastic does not publish target release dates. But you can probably get a good idea of when it will be based on the cadence of past minor releases. ---
**Author:** ![Nathan\_Grand](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/nathan_grand/32/148114_2.png) [@Nathan\_Grand](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Nathan_Grand)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2026, 8:42am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-hadoop-spark-4-compatible-release-timelines/389906/7 "2026-08-26T08:42:41Z")
Fair enough, looks like it might be a little while. Do you publish snapshot/nightlies to anywhere publically accessible? ---
**Author:** ![Keith\_Massey](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/keith_massey/32/83666_2.png) [@Keith\_Massey](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Keith_Massey)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2026, 1:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-hadoop-spark-4-compatible-release-timelines/389906/8 "2026-08-26T13:27:20Z")
I don't know whether we publish snapshot artifacts anywhere. If you're comfortable building from source, you can clone the repository at [GitHub - elastic/elasticsearch-hadoop: Elasticsearch real-time search and analytics natively integrated with Hadoop · GitHub](https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch-hadoop), and then build the spark jar you're interested in with something like `./gradlew :elasticsearch-spark-41:assemble` (that 41 is for spark 4.1 support -- change it if you're using a different version of spark). Then you'll find the artifact at ` ./spark/sql-41/build/libs/elasticsearch-spark-41_2.13-9.6.0-SNAPSHOT.jar`.