# Upgrade filebeat and logstash from 5.6 to 6.3

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/upgrade-filebeat-and-logstash-from-5-6-to-6-3/280024
**Category:** Beats
**Tags:** filebeat
**Created:** [July 30, 2021, 3:13am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/upgrade-filebeat-and-logstash-from-5-6-to-6-3/280024 "2021-07-30T03:13:20Z")
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### Author: ![KeithTt](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/keithtt/32/29447_2.png) [@KeithTt](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/KeithTt)
#### Post date: [July 30, 2021, 3:13am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/upgrade-filebeat-and-logstash-from-5-6-to-6-3/280024/1 "2021-07-30T03:13:20Z")

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I am trying to upgrade the filebeat and logstash from 5.6 to 6.3, there are two logstash and a lot of filebeat agents, what should do to upgrade smoothly?

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### 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: [July 30, 2021, 3:18am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/upgrade-filebeat-and-logstash-from-5-6-to-6-3/280024/2 "2021-07-30T03:18:17Z")

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I'd do Logstash first and then Beats.

6.3 is [EOL](https://www.elastic.co/support/eol) though, I would suggest going to 6.8 if you need 6.x. 7.13 is latest.

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### Author: ![KeithTt](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/keithtt/32/29447_2.png) [@KeithTt](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/KeithTt)
#### Post date: [July 30, 2021, 7:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/upgrade-filebeat-and-logstash-from-5-6-to-6-3/280024/3 "2021-07-30T07:19:48Z")

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My arch is `filebeat(5.6) -> logstash(5.6) > kafka > logstash(6.3) -> ES(6.3)`, I think I should upgrade the 5.6 parts first?

If logstash first, is logstash 6.3 backward compatible with filebeat 5.6?

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### 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: [August 1, 2021, 10:03pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/upgrade-filebeat-and-logstash-from-5-6-to-6-3/280024/4 "2021-08-01T22:03:50Z")

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Check out [Elastic Support Matrix | Elasticsearch](https://www.elastic.co/support/matrix#matrix_compatibility) for that.  
TLDR yes.

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### Author: ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 30, 2021, 12:04am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/upgrade-filebeat-and-logstash-from-5-6-to-6-3/280024/5 "2021-08-30T00:04:11Z")

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