# How to migrate/upgrade Elastic Cloud v6.8.18 (Elasticsearch + Kibana) to 7.x version **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Tags:** migration\ **Created:** [May 29, 2024, 10:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-migrate-upgrade-elastic-cloud-v6-8-18-elasticsearch-kibana-to-7-x-version/360518 "2024-05-29T22:16:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mlogar](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/mlogar/32/123249_2.png) [@mlogar](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mlogar)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2024, 10:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-migrate-upgrade-elastic-cloud-v6-8-18-elasticsearch-kibana-to-7-x-version/360518/1 "2024-05-29T22:16:25Z")
Hi, I'm new here. I'm looking for the (proper or best) way to upgrade/migrate AWS an Elastic Cloud v6.8.18 (Elasticsearch + Kibana) deployment to version 7.x. I have found suggestions related to restoring a snapshot from the 'old' cluster to the new one, but apparently we cannot create a new deployment on the version we currently have to subsequently restore a snapshot. [Work with snapshots | Elasticsearch Service Documentation | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/cloud/current/ec-restoring-snapshots.html#ec-restore-snapshot). What would be the in-place way? https://discuss.elastic.co/t/migrate-from-6-8-to-7-10/260498[Migrating data | Elasticsearch Service Documentation | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/cloud/current/ec-migrating-data.html) ![Screenshot 2024-05-29 at 7.11.45 PM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/b/b/bb8164a0ee4278ad82a1e6f2c2cff58082120dae.png) I consider the following document https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/7.17/breaking-changes-7.0.html and additionally need to change the region for this new deployment updated to us-east-2. Please do you have any additional suggestions or considerations for this scenario? Thank you very much.