# Is that possible use kibana6.0 with es5.3

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-that-possible-use-kibana6-0-with-es5-3/103717>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [October 12, 2017, 12:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-that-possible-use-kibana6-0-with-es5-3/103717 "2017-10-12T12:04:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![whoami](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a9a28c/32.png) [@whoami](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/whoami)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2017, 12:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-that-possible-use-kibana6-0-with-es5-3/103717/1 "2017-10-12T12:04:32Z")

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is that possible use kibana6 with es5.3?

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**Author:** ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2017, 12:06pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-that-possible-use-kibana6-0-with-es5-3/103717/2 "2017-10-12T12:06:35Z")

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No. It requires Elasticsearch 6.0.

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**Author:** ![whoami](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a9a28c/32.png) [@whoami](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/whoami)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2017, 4:38pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-that-possible-use-kibana6-0-with-es5-3/103717/3 "2017-10-12T16:38:06Z")

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I mean make some hack with kibana6, is that possible?

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**Author:** ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2017, 4:49pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-that-possible-use-kibana6-0-with-es5-3/103717/4 "2017-10-12T16:49:26Z")

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Kibana is open-source so I guess it technically is possible. I however suspect it would be a lot of work - considerably more than actually upgrading to 6.0 once it is GA.

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**Author:** ![whoami](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a9a28c/32.png) [@whoami](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/whoami)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2017, 6:08am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-that-possible-use-kibana6-0-with-es5-3/103717/5 "2017-10-16T06:08:58Z")

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what a pity

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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:** [November 13, 2017, 6:08am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-that-possible-use-kibana6-0-with-es5-3/103717/6 "2017-11-13T06:08:59Z")

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