# Upgrading logstash 1.4.1 to logstash 1.5.3

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/upgrading-logstash-1-4-1-to-logstash-1-5-3/27708>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [August 19, 2015, 8:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/upgrading-logstash-1-4-1-to-logstash-1-5-3/27708 "2015-08-19T20:08:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![imtiyazlogstash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c89c15/32.png) [@imtiyazlogstash](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/imtiyazlogstash)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2015, 8:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/upgrading-logstash-1-4-1-to-logstash-1-5-3/27708/1 "2015-08-19T20:08:15Z")

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Following steps are performed for configuring logstash 1.5.3  
downloaded and extract the logstash-1.5.3.tar.gz file into the installed logstash 1.4.1 folder (/opt/logstash/server)  
Now trying to run the below command  
[root@mps-dt-log-1 bin]# ./logstash

Error ::  
NoMethodError: undefined method `captures' for nil:NilClass  
parse\_java\_version at /opt/logstash/server/vendor/bundle/jruby/1.9/gems/logstash-core-1.5.3-java/lib/logstash/util/java\_version.rb:33  
bad\_java\_version? at /opt/logstash/server/vendor/bundle/jruby/1.9/gems/logstash-core-1.5.3-java/lib/logstash/util/java\_version.rb:51  
warn\_on\_bad\_java\_version at /opt/logstash/server/vendor/bundle/jruby/1.9/gems/logstash-core-1.5.3-java/lib/logstash/util/java\_version.rb:10  
main at /opt/logstash/server/vendor/bundle/jruby/1.9/gems/logstash-core-1.5.3-java/lib/logstash/runner.rb:32  
(root) at /opt/logstash/server/lib/bootstrap/environment.rb:48

Java version installed on the system

[root@mps-dt-log-1 bin]# java -version  
java version "1.7.0"  
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build pxa6470\_27sr2-20141026\_01(SR2))  
IBM J9 VM (build 2.7, JRE 1.7.0 Linux amd64-64 Compressed References 20141017\_217728 (JIT enabled, AOT enabled)  
J9VM - R27\_Java727\_SR2\_20141017\_1632\_B217728  
JIT - tr.r13.java\_20141003\_74587.01  
GC - R27\_Java727\_SR2\_20141017\_1632\_B217728\_CMPRSS  
J9CL - 20141017\_217728)  
JCL - 20141004\_01 based on Oracle 7u71-b13

Let me know if I have miss anything

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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 6, 2017, 5:31am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/upgrading-logstash-1-4-1-to-logstash-1-5-3/27708/2 "2017-07-06T05:31:30Z")

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