How to make logstash listen to port less than 1024

Elastic Stack Logstash
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i have my logs sent to port 514. But i get the following error.

May 05 14:36:24 ubuntu logstash[7187]: [2020-05-05T14:36:24,423][INFO ][logstash.inputs.syslog ][main] Starting syslog tcp listener {:address=>"0.0.0.0:514"}

May 05 14:36:24 ubuntu logstash[7187]: [2020-05-05T14:36:24,425][WARN ][logstash.inputs.syslog ][main] syslog listener died {:protocol=>:udp, :address=>"0.0.0.0:514", :exception=>#<Errno::EACCES: Permission denied - bind(2) for "0.0.0.0" port 514>, :backtrace=>["org/jruby/ext/socket/RubyUDPSocket.java:213:in `bind'", "/usr/share/logstash/vendor/bundle/jruby/2.5.0/gems/logstash-input-syslog-3.4.1/lib/logstash/inputs/syslog.rb:149:in `udp_listener'", "/usr/share/logstash/vendor/bundle/jruby/2.5.0/gems/logstash-input-syslog-3.4.1/lib/logstash/inputs/syslog.rb:130:in `server'", "/usr/share/logstash/vendor/bundle/jruby/2.5.0/gems/logstash-input-syslog-3.4.1/lib/logstash/inputs/syslog.rb:110:in `block in run'"]}

May 05 14:36:24 ubuntu logstash[7187]: [2020-05-05T14:36:24,428][WARN ][logstash.inputs.syslog ][main] syslog listener died {:protocol=>:tcp, :address=>"0.0.0.0:514", :exception=>#<Errno::EACCES: Permission denied - bind(2)>, :backtrace=>["org/jruby/ext/socket/RubyTCPServer.java:133:in `initialize'", "org/jruby/RubyIO.java:878:in `new'", "/usr/share/logstash/vendor/bundle/jruby/2.5.0/gems/logstash-input-syslog-3.4.1/lib/logstash/inputs/syslog.rb:167:in `tcp_listener'", "/usr/share/logstash/vendor/bundle/jruby/2.5.0/gems/logstash-input-syslog-3.4.1/lib/logstash/inputs/syslog.rb:130:in `server'", "/usr/share/logstash/vendor/bundle/jruby/2.5.0/gems/logstash-input-syslog-3.4.1/lib/logstash/inputs/syslog.rb:114:in `block in run'"]}

Is there any to listen to that port , considering that i cannot change the port.

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