# MD5 hash of fingerprint processor in ingest pipeline
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/md5-hash-of-fingerprint-processor-in-ingest-pipeline/340135
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Tags:** ingest-pipeline
**Created:** [August 4, 2023, 1:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/md5-hash-of-fingerprint-processor-in-ingest-pipeline/340135 "2023-08-04T13:27:35Z")
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### Author:  [@Zaid\_Raza](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Zaid_Raza)
#### Post date: [August 4, 2023, 1:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/md5-hash-of-fingerprint-processor-in-ingest-pipeline/340135/1 "2023-08-04T13:27:35Z")
Hi,
My elastic stack version is 8.5.3. I am using a fingerprint processor in ingest pipeline to create an MD5 hash. By default, it gives a hash in base64. I want a 128-bit MD5 hash. Is there any solution to this issue?
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### Author:  [@leandrojmp](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/leandrojmp)
#### Post date: [August 4, 2023, 1:39pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/md5-hash-of-fingerprint-processor-in-ingest-pipeline/340135/2 "2023-08-04T13:39:48Z")
> [@Zaid\_Raza](#):
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> I want a 128-bit MD5 hash. Is there any solution to this issue?
I don't think this is possible, you may change the `method`, but not how the `method` works.
If using `MD5` generates a base64 hash, you have no option to change that, just changing the method for `SHA-256` or `SHA-512` for example.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 1, 2023, 1:39pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/md5-hash-of-fingerprint-processor-in-ingest-pipeline/340135/3 "2023-09-01T13:39:54Z")
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