# No handler found for uri \[/\_sql\] and method \[POST\]

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/no-handler-found-for-uri-sql-and-method-post/219121>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Tags:** elastic-stack-sql\
**Created:** [February 13, 2020, 5:45am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/no-handler-found-for-uri-sql-and-method-post/219121 "2020-02-13T05:45:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![Andrei\_Stefan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/andrei_stefan/32/47533_2.png) [@Andrei\_Stefan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Andrei_Stefan)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2020, 7:29am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/no-handler-found-for-uri-sql-and-method-post/219121/7 "2020-02-14T07:29:27Z")

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There is no Elastic SQL plugin for 5.3.0 from what I know. As others suggested, please try a much newer Elasticsearch version. There are many many fixes and features in these versions.

Also, specifically related to your issue, in older Elasticsearch versions the endpoint is `/_xpack/sql` and not `/_sql`.

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