# Upgrading ES and LS: compatibilities and upgrade order

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/upgrading-es-and-ls-compatibilities-and-upgrade-order/49171>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [May 4, 2016, 12:43pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/upgrading-es-and-ls-compatibilities-and-upgrade-order/49171 "2016-05-04T12:43:36Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Alex\_6](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/alex_6/32/1330_2.png) [@Alex\_6](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Alex_6)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2016, 12:43pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/upgrading-es-and-ls-compatibilities-and-upgrade-order/49171/1 "2016-05-04T12:43:36Z")

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We currently have `LS 1.4.2` and `ES 1.5.1` in production. We're looking at upgrading to the current versions on each (`LS 2.3.2`, `ES 2.3.2`).

**Are there any compatibility issues between the old/new versions of each software?**  
E.g. LS 1.4.2 with ES 2.3.2.  
Or LS 2.3.2 with ES 1.5.1.

**If there are no compatibility issues between versions, is there a best order to upgrade?** There may be a reason we haven't considered. As far as I can tell there is no difference between doing ES or LS first in our case. We've always used HTTP in the ES output plugin.

**I assume the v5.0 is still a ways off so there's no point waiting for that, right?**

Cheers.

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**Author:** ![Alex\_6](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/alex_6/32/1330_2.png) [@Alex\_6](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Alex_6)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2016, 1:01pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/upgrading-es-and-ls-compatibilities-and-upgrade-order/49171/2 "2016-05-04T13:01:31Z")

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Also, is Kibana 3 still compatible with ES 2.3.2 by using `http.cors.enabled: true` in the ES config?  
We will be upgrading to Kibana 4 too.

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**Author:** ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2016, 8:26pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/upgrading-es-and-ls-compatibilities-and-upgrade-order/49171/3 "2016-05-04T20:26:37Z")

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Due to the difference in Lucene version between ES 1.x and 5.x, you will need to upgrade via ES 2.x. ES 2.x is also not compatible with Kibana 3 - see [this page for further details](https://www.elastic.co/support/matrix#show_compatibility).

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**Author:** ![Alex\_6](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/alex_6/32/1330_2.png) [@Alex\_6](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Alex_6)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2016, 12:46pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/upgrading-es-and-ls-compatibilities-and-upgrade-order/49171/4 "2016-05-05T12:46:16Z")

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Thanks, I was unaware of that compatibility page.

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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:** [July 5, 2017, 10:53pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/upgrading-es-and-ls-compatibilities-and-upgrade-order/49171/5 "2017-07-05T22:53:42Z")

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