# How to upgrade elasticsearch from 5.6.6 to 5.8

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-upgrade-elasticsearch-from-5-6-6-to-5-8/213127>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [December 27, 2019, 4:47am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-upgrade-elasticsearch-from-5-6-6-to-5-8/213127 "2019-12-27T04:47:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![Varshini](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/96bed5/32.png) [@Varshini](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Varshini)\
**Post date:** [December 27, 2019, 4:47am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-upgrade-elasticsearch-from-5-6-6-to-5-8/213127/1 "2019-12-27T04:47:13Z")

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I have installed elasticsearch version 5.6.6 on my windows machine.  
I wanted to know the steps to be taken to upgrade to version 5.8 in detail.  
Could anyone please help me.  
Thanks in advance.

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**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\
**Post date:** [December 27, 2019, 6:43am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-upgrade-elasticsearch-from-5-6-6-to-5-8/213127/2 "2019-12-27T06:43:04Z")

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Did you read [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/6.8/setup-upgrade.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/6.8/setup-upgrade.html) ?

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**Author:** ![Varshini](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/96bed5/32.png) [@Varshini](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Varshini)\
**Post date:** [January 1, 2020, 6:46am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-upgrade-elasticsearch-from-5-6-6-to-5-8/213127/3 "2020-01-01T06:46:36Z")

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Hello David,  
Sorry for the late reply.  
I have gone through the link you have provided.  
But I wanted to know how to upgrade a single node cluster without losing data from 5.5.3 to 5.6.16 version.  
Please kindly help me.

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**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\
**Post date:** [January 1, 2020, 7:52am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-upgrade-elasticsearch-from-5-6-6-to-5-8/213127/4 "2020-01-01T07:52:59Z")

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Did you read [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/5.6/setup-upgrade.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/5.6/setup-upgrade.html) ?

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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:** [January 29, 2020, 8:00am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-upgrade-elasticsearch-from-5-6-6-to-5-8/213127/5 "2020-01-29T08:00:10Z")

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