# Mix beats and es versions?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/mix-beats-and-es-versions/180453>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Created:** [May 9, 2019, 11:49pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/mix-beats-and-es-versions/180453 "2019-05-09T23:49:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![nt-josh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/dfb087/32.png) [@nt-josh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/nt-josh)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2019, 11:49pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/mix-beats-and-es-versions/180453/1 "2019-05-09T23:49:39Z")

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Can i use a newer beat like auditbeat 7.0.1 on an elastic 6.7.1 cluster?

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**Author:** ![martinr\_ubi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5e925/32.png) [@martinr\_ubi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/martinr_ubi)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2019, 12:58am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/mix-beats-and-es-versions/180453/2 "2019-05-10T00:58:09Z")

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It's not supported and is advised against in the documentation.

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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:** [June 7, 2019, 2:58am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/mix-beats-and-es-versions/180453/3 "2019-06-07T02:58:11Z")

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