# ELK upgrade guide

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elk-upgrade-guide/40942>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [February 4, 2016, 8:04am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elk-upgrade-guide/40942 "2016-02-04T08:04:22Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![ssi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a3d4f5/32.png) [@ssi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ssi)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2016, 8:04am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elk-upgrade-guide/40942/1 "2016-02-04T08:04:23Z")

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Hi

is there a guide to upgrade the entire ELK stack

what component should be upgrade first ?  
kibana, logstash or elastic search

does anyone know of a script or similar that lists the commands needed to perform the individual component upgrade.

best regards

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**Author:** ![magnusbaeck](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/magnusbaeck/32/44943_2.png) [@magnusbaeck](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/magnusbaeck)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2016, 8:14am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elk-upgrade-guide/40942/2 "2016-02-04T08:14:06Z")

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> what component should be upgrade first ?

That depends on what dependencies each software component has. For example, a new Kibana release might require a newer Elasticsearch so then you'd have to upgrade ES first. The release notes should include such information.

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**Author:** ![ssi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a3d4f5/32.png) [@ssi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ssi)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2016, 11:24am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elk-upgrade-guide/40942/3 "2016-02-04T11:24:44Z")

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thanks for the quick reply,

it took a look at the notes as you suggested

im running 1.7.3 ES and want to go to newest version of all components on a single instance

on the same host i have a kibana 4.1.2

and a logstash version 1.5.4

would lifting ES to newest followed by Logstash upgrade and finally doing the kibana work?

I can cant see anything specific regarding dependencies in the logstash 2.2.2 release notes. is this correct?

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**Author:** ![magnusbaeck](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/magnusbaeck/32/44943_2.png) [@magnusbaeck](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/magnusbaeck)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2016, 12:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elk-upgrade-guide/40942/4 "2016-02-04T12:00:28Z")

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As long as you use HTTP for the communication with ES I believe Logstash runs fine with any 1.0+ version of Elasticsearch (maybe even earlier).

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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:** [July 5, 2017, 11:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elk-upgrade-guide/40942/5 "2017-07-05T23:18:56Z")

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