# How restore a snapshot taken from es version 6.X to elastic search 5.X?
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-restore-a-snapshot-taken-from-es-version-6-x-to-elastic-search-5-x/145673
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [August 23, 2018, 7:46am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-restore-a-snapshot-taken-from-es-version-6-x-to-elastic-search-5-x/145673 "2018-08-23T07:46:09Z")
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### Author:  [@Siddaram\_Jamagav](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Siddaram_Jamagav)
#### Post date: [August 23, 2018, 7:46am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-restore-a-snapshot-taken-from-es-version-6-x-to-elastic-search-5-x/145673/1 "2018-08-23T07:46:10Z")
I have a taken snap shot of index from elastic search version 6.3.0 to aws s3. Is it possible to restore it to the elastic search version 5.5.2?
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### Author:  [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)
#### Post date: [August 23, 2018, 7:47am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-restore-a-snapshot-taken-from-es-version-6-x-to-elastic-search-5-x/145673/2 "2018-08-23T07:47:04Z")
You cannot do that sorry, you can only restore it to the same, or greater, versions.
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### Author:  [@Siddaram\_Jamagav](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Siddaram_Jamagav)
#### Post date: [August 23, 2018, 9:38am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-restore-a-snapshot-taken-from-es-version-6-x-to-elastic-search-5-x/145673/3 "2018-08-23T09:38:48Z")
Thank you. 🙂
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 20, 2018, 9:38am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-restore-a-snapshot-taken-from-es-version-6-x-to-elastic-search-5-x/145673/4 "2018-09-20T09:38:48Z")
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