# Filebeat Kafka input compatibility

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-kafka-input-compatibility/343500
**Category:** Beats
**Tags:** filebeat
**Created:** [September 21, 2023, 3:36am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-kafka-input-compatibility/343500 "2023-09-21T03:36:29Z")
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### Author: ![niaomingjian](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/niaomingjian/32/14844_2.png) [@niaomingjian](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/niaomingjian)
#### Post date: [September 21, 2023, 3:36am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-kafka-input-compatibility/343500/1 "2023-09-21T03:36:29Z")

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[The doc](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/filebeat/8.10/filebeat-input-kafka.html#kafka-input-compatibility) says:

> This input works with all Kafka versions in between 0.11 and 2.8.0. Older versions might work as  
> well, but are not supported.

My kafka Cluster version is 3.3. Does kafka input of filebeat support kafka 3.3 and later?

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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: [October 19, 2023, 5:36am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-kafka-input-compatibility/343500/2 "2023-10-19T05:36:38Z")

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