# Elasticsearch upgrade from 7.17 to 8.x

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-upgrade-from-7-17-to-8-x/340338>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [August 8, 2023, 8:13am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-upgrade-from-7-17-to-8-x/340338 "2023-08-08T08:13:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![jaykb77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ac8455/32.png) [@jaykb77](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jaykb77)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2023, 8:13am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-upgrade-from-7-17-to-8-x/340338/1 "2023-08-08T08:13:36Z")

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Hi all,

We are planning to upgrade our elasticsearch cluster from 7.17.x to 8.X. Apart from general upgrade recommendations from elastic, is there a specific 8.X version that we should be upgrading to?

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**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2023, 8:16am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-upgrade-from-7-17-to-8-x/340338/2 "2023-08-08T08:16:39Z")

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Always the latest version is the best one 😉

So from the latest 7.17 to 8.9.0.

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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:** [September 5, 2023, 8:16am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-upgrade-from-7-17-to-8-x/340338/3 "2023-09-05T08:16:48Z")

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