# Required Version before Moving to 5.0? **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [October 7, 2016, 12:17pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/required-version-before-moving-to-5-0/62485 "2016-10-07T12:17:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Maxwell\_Flanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Maxwell\_Flanders](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Maxwell_Flanders)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2016, 12:17pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/required-version-before-moving-to-5-0/62485/1 "2016-10-07T12:17:53Z")
We are currently running Elastic 2.2. Using the migration helper, do we need to move to 2.3/2.4 before going to 5.0, or will we be able to directly migrate from 2.2 --\> 5.0 provided we use the migration tools and follow all the migration and breaking changes documentation?? Thank you! ---
**Author:** ![Loek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a9adbd/32.png) [@Loek](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Loek)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2016, 2:12pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/required-version-before-moving-to-5-0/62485/2 "2016-10-07T14:12:32Z")
2.x -\> 5.0 will work! [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/5.x/setup-upgrade.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/5.x/setup-upgrade.html) ---
**Author:** ![Maxwell\_Flanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Maxwell\_Flanders](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Maxwell_Flanders)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2016, 2:14pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/required-version-before-moving-to-5-0/62485/3 "2016-10-07T14:14:35Z")
Thank you Loek Van Gool ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2017, 10:14pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/required-version-before-moving-to-5-0/62485/4 "2017-07-05T22:14:03Z")