# Shield Plugin for Kibana **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Tags:** elastic-stack-security\ **Created:** [March 22, 2016, 7:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/shield-plugin-for-kibana/45147 "2016-03-22T19:19:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Michael1](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/michael1/32/29279_2.png) [@Michael1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Michael1)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2016, 7:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/shield-plugin-for-kibana/45147/1 "2016-03-22T19:19:23Z")
I am running ElasticSearch 2.1.1 and Kibana 4.3.1. I see in the instructions, it lists a download for the Shield Kibana plugin, but it is for 2.2.1. Is there a download somewhere for older versions of the plugin, particularly, the last one compatible with ES 2.1.1? Thank you! ---
**Author:** ![skearns](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/skearns/32/125945_2.png) [@skearns](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/skearns)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2016, 7:57pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/shield-plugin-for-kibana/45147/2 "2016-03-22T19:57:12Z")
Hi Michael, The Shield Kibana plugin was introduced in 2.2.0, and will not work with earlier versions of Elasticsearch/Shield. I suggest planning an upgrade to 2.2 in the near future! Thanks, Steve ---
**Author:** ![Michael1](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/michael1/32/29279_2.png) [@Michael1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Michael1)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2016, 8:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/shield-plugin-for-kibana/45147/3 "2016-03-22T20:29:57Z")
Thank you, I dreadfully suspected so. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 1:45pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/shield-plugin-for-kibana/45147/4 "2017-07-06T13:45:49Z")