# Unwanted Upgrade ElasticSearch version **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Tags:** docker\ **Created:** [July 23, 2019, 2:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unwanted-upgrade-elasticsearch-version/191841 "2019-07-23T14:35:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![pred](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c2a13f/32.png) [@pred](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/pred)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2019, 2:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unwanted-upgrade-elasticsearch-version/191841/1 "2019-07-23T14:35:51Z")
I made a mistake by trying to upgrade my elasticsearch version from 6.3.2 to 7.2.0. I launched my container with the new version but I realized that kibana does not work anymore. So I decided to downgrade elasticsearch to 6.3.2 to get a quick fix but it still not working. I got the following error: > OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM warning: Option UseConcMarkSweepGC was deprecated in version 9.0 and will likely be removed in a future release. > OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM warning: UseAVX=2 is not supported on this CPU, setting it to UseAVX=1 > [2019-07-23T14:21:59,939][INFO][o.e.n.Node] initializing ... > [2019-07-23T14:22:00,105][WARN][o.e.b.ElasticsearchUncaughtExceptionHandler] uncaught exception in thread [main] > org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.StartupException: ElasticsearchException[java.io.IOException: failed to read [id:205, legacy:false, file:/usr/share/elasticsearch/data/nodes/0/\_state/node-205.st]]; nested: IOException[failed to read [id:205, legacy:false, file:/usr/share/elasticsearch/data/nodes/0/\_state/node-205.st]]; nested: IllegalArgumentException[[node\_meta\_data] unknown field [node\_version], parser not found]; > at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.init(Elasticsearch.java:140) ~[elasticsearch-6.3.2.jar:6.3.2] > at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.execute(Elasticsearch.java:127) ~[elasticsearch-6.3.2.jar:6.3.2] > at org.elasticsearch.cli.EnvironmentAwareCommand.execute(EnvironmentAwareCommand.java:86) ~[elasticsearch-6.3.2.jar:6.3.2] > at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.mainWithoutErrorHandling(Command.java:124) ~[elasticsearch-cli-6.3.2.jar:6.3.2] > at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.main(Command.java:90) ~[elasticsearch-cli-6.3.2.jar:6.3.2] > at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:93) ~[elasticsearch-6.3.2.jar:6.3.2] > at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:86) ~[elasticsearch-6.3.2.jar:6.3.2] > Caused by: org.elasticsearch.ElasticsearchException: java.io.IOException: failed to read [id:205, legacy:false, file:/usr/share/elasticsearch/data/nodes/0/\_state/node-205.st] > at org.elasticsearch.ExceptionsHelper.maybeThrowRuntimeAndSuppress(ExceptionsHelper.java:199) ~[elasticsearch-6.3.2.jar:6.3.2] > at org.elasticsearch.gateway.MetaDataStateFormat.loadLatestState(MetaDataStateFormat.java:331) ~[elasticsearch-6.3.2.jar:6.3.2] > at org.elasticsearch.env.NodeEnvironment.loadOrCreateNodeMetaData(NodeEnvironment.java:357) ~[elasticsearch-6.3.2.jar:6.3.2] > at org.elasticsearch.env.NodeEnvironment.(NodeEnvironment.java:245) ~[elasticsearch-6.3.2.jar:6.3.2] > at org.elasticsearch.node.Node.(Node.java:270) ~[elasticsearch-6.3.2.jar:6.3.2] > at org.elasticsearch.node.Node.(Node.java:252) ~[elasticsearch-6.3.2.jar:6.3.2] > at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap$5.(Bootstrap.java:213) ~[elasticsearch-6.3.2.jar:6.3.2] > at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.setup(Bootstrap.java:213) ~[elasticsearch-6.3.2.jar:6.3.2] > at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.init(Bootstrap.java:326) ~[elasticsearch-6.3.2.jar:6.3.2] > at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.init(Elasticsearch.java:136) ~[elasticsearch-6.3.2.jar:6.3.2] > ... 6 more > Caused by: java.io.IOException: failed to read [id:205, legacy:false, file:/usr/share/elasticsearch/data/nodes/0/\_state/node-205.st] > at org.elasticsearch.gateway.MetaDataStateFormat.loadLatestState(MetaDataStateFormat.java:325) ~[elasticsearch-6.3.2.jar:6.3.2] > at org.elasticsearch.env.NodeEnvironment.loadOrCreateNodeMetaData(NodeEnvironment.java:357) ~[elasticsearch-6.3.2.jar:6.3.2] > at org.elasticsearch.env.NodeEnvironment.(NodeEnvironment.java:245) ~[elasticsearch-6.3.2.jar:6.3.2] > at org.elasticsearch.node.Node.(Node.java:270) ~[elasticsearch-6.3.2.jar:6.3.2] > at org.elasticsearch.node.Node.(Node.java:252) ~[elasticsearch-6.3.2.jar:6.3.2] > at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap$5.(Bootstrap.java:213) ~[elasticsearch-6.3.2.jar:6.3.2] > at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.setup(Bootstrap.java:213) ~[elasticsearch-6.3.2.jar:6.3.2] > at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.init(Bootstrap.java:326) ~[elasticsearch-6.3.2.jar:6.3.2] > at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.init(Elasticsearch.java:136) ~[elasticsearch-6.3.2.jar:6.3.2] > ... 6 more > Caused by: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: [node\_meta\_data] unknown field [node\_version], parser not found > at org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.ObjectParser.getParser(ObjectParser.java:347) ~[elasticsearch-x-content-6.3.2.jar:6.3.2] > at org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.ObjectParser.parse(ObjectParser.java:158) ~[elasticsearch-x-content-6.3.2.jar:6.3.2] > at org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.ObjectParser.apply(ObjectParser.java:182) ~[elasticsearch-x-content-6.3.2.jar:6.3.2] > at org.elasticsearch.env.NodeMetaData$1.fromXContent(NodeMetaData.java:110) ~[elasticsearch-6.3.2.jar:6.3.2] > at org.elasticsearch.env.NodeMetaData$1.fromXContent(NodeMetaData.java:94) ~[elasticsearch-6.3.2.jar:6.3.2] > at org.elasticsearch.gateway.MetaDataStateFormat.read(MetaDataStateFormat.java:199) ~[elasticsearch-6.3.2.jar:6.3.2] > at org.elasticsearch.gateway.MetaDataStateFormat.loadLatestState(MetaDataStateFormat.java:320) ~[elasticsearch-6.3.2.jar:6.3.2] > at org.elasticsearch.env.NodeEnvironment.loadOrCreateNodeMetaData(NodeEnvironment.java:357) ~[elasticsearch-6.3.2.jar:6.3.2] > at org.elasticsearch.env.NodeEnvironment.(NodeEnvironment.java:245) ~[elasticsearch-6.3.2.jar:6.3.2] > at org.elasticsearch.node.Node.(Node.java:270) ~[elasticsearch-6.3.2.jar:6.3.2] > at org.elasticsearch.node.Node.(Node.java:252) ~[elasticsearch-6.3.2.jar:6.3.2] > at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap$5.(Bootstrap.java:213) ~[elasticsearch-6.3.2.jar:6.3.2] > at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.setup(Bootstrap.java:213) ~[elasticsearch-6.3.2.jar:6.3.2] > at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.init(Bootstrap.java:326) ~[elasticsearch-6.3.2.jar:6.3.2] > at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.init(Elasticsearch.java:136) ~[elasticsearch-6.3.2.jar:6.3.2] > ... 6 more Do someone have any idea for a quick fix ? ---
**Author:** ![Denis\_Lamanov](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/denis_lamanov/32/13111_2.png) [@Denis\_Lamanov](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Denis_Lamanov)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2019, 3:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unwanted-upgrade-elasticsearch-version/191841/2 "2019-07-23T15:18:02Z")
You can't downgrade, it is forbidden from 6.8 Maybe you should return to 7.2 and fix kibana? ---
**Author:** ![pred](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c2a13f/32.png) [@pred](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/pred)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2019, 7:14am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unwanted-upgrade-elasticsearch-version/191841/3 "2019-07-24T07:14:49Z")
Ok Thanks for your advice. I resolve the upgrade issue and that's working fine now ---
**Author:** ![apple-fan-pl](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/apple-fan-pl/32/46398_2.png) [@apple-fan-pl](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/apple-fan-pl)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2019, 8:12am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unwanted-upgrade-elasticsearch-version/191841/4 "2019-07-24T08:12:59Z")
> [@pred](#): > > resolve HOW DID YOU RESOLVE THIS? ---
**Author:** ![pred](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c2a13f/32.png) [@pred](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/pred)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2019, 8:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unwanted-upgrade-elasticsearch-version/191841/5 "2019-07-24T08:19:56Z")
Well, I must have simply misspoke. I tried to upgrade version from 6.3.2 to 7.2.0. I did not want it and had an error with Kibana (kibana.yml I had the elasticsearch.url instead of elasticsearch.hosts). So I tried to came back to previous version 6.3.2 but I got the error I pasted. Denis Lamanov told me that it is forbidden to downgrade from 6.8, so I just keep the 7.2.0 version aand resolve the kibana.yml issue. Hope I be clear this time. ---
**Author:** ![Denis\_Lamanov](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/denis_lamanov/32/13111_2.png) [@Denis\_Lamanov](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Denis_Lamanov)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2019, 9:44am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unwanted-upgrade-elasticsearch-version/191841/6 "2019-07-24T09:44:50Z")
Actually according to docs you can upgrade ONLY from 6.8 to 7.x So I recomend before upgrade to 7.x make update to 6.8 ---
**Author:** ![DavidTurner](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/davidturner/32/22453_2.png) [@DavidTurner](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/DavidTurner)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2019, 10:02am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unwanted-upgrade-elasticsearch-version/191841/7 "2019-07-24T10:02:19Z")
> [@Denis\_Lamanov](#): > > You can't downgrade, it is forbidden from 6.8 To be clear, all downgrades are forbidden. Sometimes a downgrade will appear to work (possibly silently losing data) and sometimes they'll fail as reported here, but downgrading to any earlier version is unsupported. This is even true for patch releases like trying to downgrade from 7.1.1 to 7.1.0. > [@Denis\_Lamanov](#): > > Actually according to docs you can upgrade ONLY from 6.8 to 7.x This is not completely true. You can upgrade directly from _any_ 6.y version to any 7.x version (for x ≥ 1) via a [full cluster restart](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/restart-upgrade.html). If you want to perform a [rolling upgrade](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/rolling-upgrades.html) you can only do this from 6.8.y to 7.x (for x ≥ 1). ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2019, 10:02am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unwanted-upgrade-elasticsearch-version/191841/8 "2019-08-21T10:02:33Z")
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