# ES 2.3 -\> 5.x metricbeat index field limit

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/es-2-3-5-x-metricbeat-index-field-limit/66821>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** metricbeat\
**Created:** [November 22, 2016, 8:01am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/es-2-3-5-x-metricbeat-index-field-limit/66821 "2016-11-22T08:01:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![gregoryo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/34f0e0/32.png) [@gregoryo](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/gregoryo)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2016, 4:51am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/es-2-3-5-x-metricbeat-index-field-limit/66821/11 "2016-12-05T04:51:43Z")

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Sorry for the slow reply. I've updated the relevant [topic](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metricbeat-ls-es-template-error-solved/64671) with some detail (that is, I manually downloaded and installed the template), and now wonder about the version issue. I have successfully upgraded 2.3 -\> 5.0, so should I now manually replace the template with a 5.0 one?

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