# Logstash GeoIP filter plugin not working after update to 7.15.1

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-geoip-filter-plugin-not-working-after-update-to-7-15-1/286989
**Category:** Logstash
**Created:** [October 18, 2021, 11:58am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-geoip-filter-plugin-not-working-after-update-to-7-15-1/286989 "2021-10-18T11:58:07Z")
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### Author: ![Dheeraj\_Gupta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/49beb7/32.png) [@Dheeraj\_Gupta](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Dheeraj_Gupta)
#### Post date: [October 18, 2021, 11:58am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-geoip-filter-plugin-not-working-after-update-to-7-15-1/286989/1 "2021-10-18T11:58:07Z")

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Hi,

I am running a logstash server with 7.14.0 and one of my pipelines uses the `geoip` filter plugin. After upgrade to 7.15.1, the pipeline refuses to start with an error like

```auto
[2021-10-18T17:22:08,987][ERROR][logstash.javapipeline][0_main] Pipeline error {:pipeline_id=>"0_main", :exception=>#<NameError: cannot link Java class org.logstash.filters.geoip.GeoIPFilter org/logstash/filters/geoip/GeoIPFilter has been compiled by a more recent version of the Java Runtime (class file version 55.0), this version of the Java Runtime only recognizes class file versions up to 52.0>, :backtrace=>["org/jruby/javasupport/JavaPackage.java:252:in `method_missing'", "/usr/share/logstash/vendor/bundle/jruby/2.5.0/gems/logstash-filter-geoip-7.2.3-java/lib/logstash/filters/geoip.rb:152:in `setup_filter'", "/usr/share/logstash/vendor/bundle/jruby/2.5.0/gems/logstash-filter-geoip-7.2.3-java/lib/logstash/filters/geoip.rb:109:in `register'", "org/logstash/config/ir/compiler/AbstractFilterDelegatorExt.java:75:in `register'", "/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/java_pipeline.rb:228:in `block in register_plugins'", "org/jruby/RubyArray.java:1820:in `each'", "/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/java_pipeline.rb:227:in `register_plugins'", "/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/java_pipeline.rb:586:in `maybe_setup_out_plugins'", "/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/java_pipeline.rb:240:in `start_workers'", "/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/java_pipeline.rb:185:in `run'", "/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/java_pipeline.rb:137:in `block in start'"], "pipeline.sources"=>["/etc/logstash/0_main/lconf_0_inputs/0001_netflow.conf", "/etc/logstash/0_main/lconf_1_filters/1000_all_common.conf", "/etc/logstash/0_main/lconf_1_filters/1001_netflow.conf", "/etc/logstash/0_main/lconf_1_filters/1090_ipmap.conf", "/etc/logstash/0_main/lconf_1_filters/1091_localtime.conf", "/etc/logstash/0_main/lconf_1_filters/1098_add_current_timestamp.conf", "/etc/logstash/0_main/lconf_1_filters/1099_metric.conf", "/etc/logstash/0_main/lconf_2_outputs/2000_metric.conf", "/etc/logstash/0_main/lconf_2_outputs/2010_elastic.conf"], :thread=>"#<Thread:0x4e03093f@/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/java_pipeline.rb:125 run>"}

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I am using the logstash RPM as available on the download page. Any ideas as to what I might be doing wrong?

Thanks,  
Dheeraj

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### Author: ![Badger](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/badger/32/25190_2.png) [@Badger](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Badger)
#### Post date: [October 18, 2021, 5:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-geoip-filter-plugin-not-working-after-update-to-7-15-1/286989/2 "2021-10-18T17:19:48Z")

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That is saying that the geoip filter was compiled using Java 11, but your JRE is Java 8. The support matrix says that Oracle 1.8 is supported, but I don't think that can be true of the filter was compiled using 11.

If you are using the bundled JDK then you could try running logstash with a Java 11 JRE (I do not think a JDK is required).

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### Author: ![Dheeraj\_Gupta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/49beb7/32.png) [@Dheeraj\_Gupta](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Dheeraj_Gupta)
#### Post date: [October 20, 2021, 5:23am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-geoip-filter-plugin-not-working-after-update-to-7-15-1/286989/3 "2021-10-20T05:23:13Z")

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Indeed! Updating system JDK to 11 worked! Thank You!

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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 17, 2021, 5:23am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-geoip-filter-plugin-not-working-after-update-to-7-15-1/286989/4 "2021-11-17T05:23:38Z")

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