Logstash initialization failed

Elastic Stack Elasticsearch
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Anyone knows what the below error means please ?

[2025-09-14T16:24:11,750][ERROR][logstash.outputs.elasticsearch][main] Failed to install template {:message=>"Failed to load default template for Elasticsearch v9 with ECS v8; caused by: #<LogStash::ConfigurationError: Failed to load template file '/usr/share/logstash/vendor/bundle/jruby/3.1.0/gems/logstash-output-elasticsearch-11.22.7-java/lib/logstash/outputs/elasticsearch/templates/ecs-v8/elasticsearch-9x.json': Template file '/usr/share/logstash/vendor/bundle/jruby/3.1.0/gems/logstash-output-elasticsearch-11.22.7-java/lib/logstash/outputs/elasticsearch/templates/ecs-v8/elasticsearch-9x.json' could not be found>", :exception=>LogStash::ConfigurationError, :backtrace=>["/usr/share/logstash/vendor/bundle/jruby/3.1.0/gems/logstash-output-elasticsearch-11.22.7-java/lib/logstash/outputs/elasticsearch/template_manager.rb:40:in load_default_template'", "/usr/share/logstash/vendor/bundle/jruby/3.1.0/gems/logstash-output-elasticsearch-11.22.7-java/lib/logstash/outputs/elasticsearch/template_manager.rb:27:in install_template'", "/usr/share/logstash/vendor/bundle/jruby/3.1.0/gems/logstash-output-elasticsearch-11.22.7-java/lib/logstash/outputs/elasticsearch.rb:663:in install_template'", "/usr/share/logstash/vendor/bundle/jruby/3.1.0/gems/logstash-output-elasticsearch-11.22.7-java/lib/logstash/outputs/elasticsearch.rb:371:in finish_register'", "/usr/share/logstash/vendor/bundle/jruby/3.1.0/gems/logstash-output-elasticsearch-11.22.7-java/lib/logstash/outputs/elasticsearch.rb:328:in block in register'", "/usr/share/logstash/vendor/bundle/jruby/3.1.0/gems/logstash-output-elasticsearch-11.22.7-java/lib/logstash/plugin_mixins/elasticsearch/common.rb:172:in block in after_successful_connection'"]}
[2025-09-14T16:24:11,751][ERROR][logstash.outputs.elasticsearch][main] Failed to bootstrap. Pipeline "main" is going to shut down {:message=>"Failed to load default template for Elasticsearch v9 with ECS v8; caused by: #<LogStash::ConfigurationError: Failed to load template file '/usr/share/logstash/vendor/bundle/jruby/3.1.0/gems/logstash-output-elasticsearch-11.22.7-java/lib/logstash/outputs/elasticsearch/templates/ecs-v8/elasticsearch-9x.json': Template file '/usr/share/logstash/vendor/bundle/jruby/3.1.0/gems/logstash-output-elasticsearch-11.22.7-java/lib/logstash/outputs/elasticsearch/templates/ecs-v8/elasticsearch-9x.json' could not be found>", :exception=>LogStash::ConfigurationError}
[2025-09-14T16:24:17,426][ERROR][org.logstash.execution.ShutdownWatcherExt][main] The shutdown process appears to be stalled due to busy or blocked plugins. Check the logs for more information.

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Probably it’s because of version compatibility. Please check the Logstash and Elasticsearch versions. Support Matrix | Elastic

Failed to load default template for Elasticsearch v9 with ECS v8

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That’s what I figured out.

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