# ELK stack upgrade 7.13.4 to 8.1

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elk-stack-upgrade-7-13-4-to-8-1/300392>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [March 22, 2022, 10:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elk-stack-upgrade-7-13-4-to-8-1/300392 "2022-03-22T22:28:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![nunex\_17](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f17d59/32.png) [@nunex\_17](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/nunex_17)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2022, 10:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elk-stack-upgrade-7-13-4-to-8-1/300392/1 "2022-03-22T22:28:15Z")

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I apologize in advance if this topic has already been addressed, but I am relatively new to this type of configurations.

I currently have the stack (ES, Kibana and Filebeat) at version 7.13.4 but I want to update to the latest one. Note that I only use a single node.

From what I understand, I must first upgrade to version 7.17.1 so that later I can use the migration assistant to upgrade to version 8.1.

My questions is as follows:

1. is the stack upgrade from version 7.13.4 to version 7.17.1 peaceful? Do I need to pay attention to any specific details?

2. from version 7.17.1 to 8.1 the upgrade assistant helps throughout the process?

Thanks in advance for any help you can provide.

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**Author:** ![spinscale](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/spinscale/32/25011_2.png) [@spinscale](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/spinscale)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2022, 10:58am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elk-stack-upgrade-7-13-4-to-8-1/300392/2 "2022-03-23T10:58:47Z")

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The upgrade guide should be your best documentation here. [Upgrade to Elastic 8.1.1 | Elastic Installation and Upgrade Guide [8.1] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elastic-stack/current/upgrading-elastic-stack.html) - in general you're right, that minor version upgrades should work and major version upgrades need preparation, i.e. via the upgrade assistant and also checking the breaking changes docs.

Hope that helps.

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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:** [April 20, 2022, 10:58am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elk-stack-upgrade-7-13-4-to-8-1/300392/3 "2022-04-20T10:58:55Z")

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