# How can i continue to participate in the k4 bug fixes without having to switch on ES 2.0?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-continue-to-participate-in-the-k4-bug-fixes-without-having-to-switch-on-es-2-0/24250>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [June 24, 2015, 10:03am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-continue-to-participate-in-the-k4-bug-fixes-without-having-to-switch-on-es-2-0/24250 "2015-06-24T10:03:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![Stefan\_Sabolowitsch](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/stefan_sabolowitsch/32/48680_2.png) [@Stefan\_Sabolowitsch](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Stefan_Sabolowitsch)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2015, 10:03am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-continue-to-participate-in-the-k4-bug-fixes-without-having-to-switch-on-es-2-0/24250/1 "2015-06-24T10:03:09Z")

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Hi,  
with commit "132740d" (Bumping the minimum version to 2.0) k4 will not launches without ES-2. 0.  
How can i continue to participate in the k4 bug fixes on a ES-1.6 ?

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**Author:** ![rashid](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/rashid/32/12566_2.png) [@rashid](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rashid)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2015, 1:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-continue-to-participate-in-the-k4-bug-fixes-without-having-to-switch-on-es-2-0/24250/2 "2015-06-24T13:19:46Z")

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You can continue to use the 4.1 branch, which will maintain 1.6 support. See the bottom of the README.md for snapshot links:

> **[elastic/kibana](https://github.com/elastic/kibana/tree/4.1)**
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> kibana - :bar\_chart: Kibana analytics and search dashboard for Elasticsearch

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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 6, 2017, 2:17pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-continue-to-participate-in-the-k4-bug-fixes-without-having-to-switch-on-es-2-0/24250/3 "2017-07-06T14:17:34Z")

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