# Recommended Kibana upgrade from 6 to 7, different versions compared to ES?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/recommended-kibana-upgrade-from-6-to-7-different-versions-compared-to-es/193154>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [July 31, 2019, 3:15pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/recommended-kibana-upgrade-from-6-to-7-different-versions-compared-to-es/193154 "2019-07-31T15:15:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![Lukas\_Vlcek1](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/lukas_vlcek1/32/819_2.png) [@Lukas\_Vlcek1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Lukas_Vlcek1)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2019, 3:15pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/recommended-kibana-upgrade-from-6-to-7-different-versions-compared-to-es/193154/1 "2019-07-31T15:15:50Z")

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Hi,

When upgrading from Kibana 6 to 7 the [official documentation recommends](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/7.x/upgrade.html) upgrading to version 6.7 first and then to 7.

For Elasticsearch, [it is recommended](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elastic-stack/7.3/upgrading-elastic-stack.html) to upgrade to 6.8 first and then to 7.

Why is there a difference in the highest 6 version to upgrade to for Kibana and Elasticsearch (6.7 vs 6.8)? Is there a chance this is just a documentation issue?

Regards,  
Lukáš

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**Author:** ![Lukas\_Vlcek1](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/lukas_vlcek1/32/819_2.png) [@Lukas\_Vlcek1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Lukas_Vlcek1)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2019, 2:49pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/recommended-kibana-upgrade-from-6-to-7-different-versions-compared-to-es/193154/2 "2019-08-01T14:49:59Z")

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I think I now understand why I was confused. Kibana documentation refers to an Upgrade Assistant that can helps you upgrade to Kibana 7. And the Upgrade Assistant is available starting in Kibana 6.7.

Regards,  
Lukáš

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Edit: may be this commit is worth adding here: [https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/commit/ac7e1476a0e064ea608086e6c80579853f1f70fd](https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/commit/ac7e1476a0e064ea608086e6c80579853f1f70fd)

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**Author:** ![lukeelmers](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/lukeelmers/32/35230_2.png) [@lukeelmers](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/lukeelmers)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2019, 10:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/recommended-kibana-upgrade-from-6-to-7-different-versions-compared-to-es/193154/3 "2019-08-02T22:34:19Z")

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