# Upgrading filebeat from 1.2.3 to 1.3.1

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/upgrading-filebeat-from-1-2-3-to-1-3-1/67607>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** filebeat\
**Created:** [November 30, 2016, 11:54am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/upgrading-filebeat-from-1-2-3-to-1-3-1/67607 "2016-11-30T11:54:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![rashthedude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/51bf81/32.png) [@rashthedude](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rashthedude)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2016, 11:54am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/upgrading-filebeat-from-1-2-3-to-1-3-1/67607/1 "2016-11-30T11:54:29Z")

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I was wondering if there are any backwards incompatibilities between those mentioned versions? Would a simple upgrade suffice?

Regards,  
Rashid

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**Author:** ![magnusbaeck](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/magnusbaeck/32/44943_2.png) [@magnusbaeck](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/magnusbaeck)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2016, 12:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/upgrading-filebeat-from-1-2-3-to-1-3-1/67607/2 "2016-11-30T12:18:47Z")

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I would expect any incompatibilities to be listed in the release notes. I believe 1.2.3 is the last 1.2.x release so studying the release notes for 1.3.0 and 1.3.1 is enough.

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**Author:** ![ruflin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ruflin/32/3116_2.png) [@ruflin](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ruflin)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2016, 3:39pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/upgrading-filebeat-from-1-2-3-to-1-3-1/67607/3 "2016-11-30T15:39:46Z")

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If you already upgrade, I would recommend to jump to 5.0.2 which brings lots of bug fixes and is backward compatible. There are a few config options that change but there is a migration script available. Registry will be converted automatically to the new format.

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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:** [December 28, 2016, 3:39pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/upgrading-filebeat-from-1-2-3-to-1-3-1/67607/4 "2016-12-28T15:39:47Z")

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