# Guidelines with elastic/kibana update

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/guidelines-with-elastic-kibana-update/347131>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [November 14, 2023, 2:31pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/guidelines-with-elastic-kibana-update/347131 "2023-11-14T14:31:40Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![bobmatheus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9dc877/32.png) [@bobmatheus](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/bobmatheus)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2023, 2:31pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/guidelines-with-elastic-kibana-update/347131/1 "2023-11-14T14:31:40Z")

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Hi All!

I will need to update my elastic/kibana. I'm on version 6.8.11 and will need to migrate to version 7.17.4 due to a java update/security (from 8.201 to 11.0.12, log4j).  
Do you have any guidance or good practices on how it should be done? We have had issues with this update without success in the past.  
Thank you very much!

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**Author:** ![leandrojmp](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/leandrojmp/32/107231_2.png) [@leandrojmp](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/leandrojmp)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2023, 2:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/guidelines-with-elastic-kibana-update/347131/2 "2023-11-14T14:35:33Z")

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> [@bobmatheus](#):
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> Do you have any guidance or good practices on how it should be done?

You need to follow the [rolling upgrade documentation](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/7.17/rolling-upgrades.html).

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**Author:** ![bobmatheus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9dc877/32.png) [@bobmatheus](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/bobmatheus)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2023, 8:07pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/guidelines-with-elastic-kibana-update/347131/3 "2023-11-17T20:07:57Z")

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thanks for the answer.  
Would it be better to migrate what we have to 7.1.2 or set up a new kibana with the newest version and bring the files/logs to the new one?

thanks again!

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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:** [December 15, 2023, 8:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/guidelines-with-elastic-kibana-update/347131/4 "2023-12-15T20:08:24Z")

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