# OK to run Winlogbeat minor version older than Elasticsearch? **URL:** \ **Category:** Beats\ **Tags:** winlogbeat\ **Created:** [January 4, 2017, 3:07am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ok-to-run-winlogbeat-minor-version-older-than-elasticsearch/70506 "2017-01-04T03:07:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jameswatson3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@jameswatson3](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jameswatson3)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2017, 3:07am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ok-to-run-winlogbeat-minor-version-older-than-elasticsearch/70506/1 "2017-01-04T03:07:38Z")
I have a few hundred Windows servers indexing directly to elasticsearch (ie not through logstash) and everything was originally installed at 5.0.0. I need to upgrade my elasticsearch cluster to 5.1.1 but I would rather not go through the trouble of upgrading all the servers unless it was necessary. I have a very vanilla implementation. Is there a compelling need to upgrade winlogbeat agents in my case? ---
**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2017, 6:44am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ok-to-run-winlogbeat-minor-version-older-than-elasticsearch/70506/2 "2017-01-04T06:44:44Z")
Not immediately, no. You definitely shouldn't leave big gaps though as there are improvements and bug fixes in each release 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2017, 6:44am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ok-to-run-winlogbeat-minor-version-older-than-elasticsearch/70506/3 "2017-02-01T06:44:55Z")
This topic was automatically closed 28 days after the last reply. New replies are no longer allowed.