# ES 2.4.6 works and 5.5.2 does not
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/es-2-4-6-works-and-5-5-2-does-not/97604
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [August 18, 2017, 3:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/es-2-4-6-works-and-5-5-2-does-not/97604 "2017-08-18T15:34:05Z")
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### Author:  [@lee.moore](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/lee.moore)
#### Post date: [August 18, 2017, 3:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/es-2-4-6-works-and-5-5-2-does-not/97604/1 "2017-08-18T15:34:05Z")
I installed ES 2.4.6 for use with Chef. Shortly after, Chef updated compatibility to ES 5.x. Since we didn't have any data in ES yet, I removed it via rpm -e and performed same install procedure for ES 5.5.2. After starting ES, "Active: failed (Result: exit-code)". Can't get it to run. Removed it and reinstalled 2.4.6 and it runs.
RHEL7
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### Author:  [@spinscale](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/spinscale)
#### Post date: [August 19, 2017, 1:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/es-2-4-6-works-and-5-5-2-does-not/97604/2 "2017-08-19T13:33:47Z")
Can you be more verbose and tell us where the `active: failed` is coming from? Also, do you have a java8 JVM running? Check with `java -version`.
Can you start elasticsearch and also check the log files?
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### Author:  [@lee.moore](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/lee.moore)
#### Post date: [August 22, 2017, 3:47pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/es-2-4-6-works-and-5-5-2-does-not/97604/3 "2017-08-22T15:47:18Z")
Thank you very much. Updating Java from 7 to 8 solved it.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 19, 2017, 3:47pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/es-2-4-6-works-and-5-5-2-does-not/97604/4 "2017-09-19T15:47:22Z")
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