# Upgrading version conventions

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/upgrading-version-conventions/92843
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [July 12, 2017, 4:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/upgrading-version-conventions/92843 "2017-07-12T16:36:54Z")
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### Author: ![practiscore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f1d935/32.png) [@practiscore](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/practiscore)
#### Post date: [July 12, 2017, 4:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/upgrading-version-conventions/92843/1 "2017-07-12T16:36:54Z")

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I'm interested in finding out what strategy others use on which version to use for production. For instance when should I upgrade 5.3.3 to 5.4.3 to 5.5.0. To me it feels safer to be on a version in which bug fixes have been applied. Is there a convention such as Stable is 5.3.3, Beta is 5.4.3, and Experimental is 5.5.0? Or should I always try to be on the latest release available.

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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 9, 2017, 4:40pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/upgrading-version-conventions/92843/2 "2017-08-09T16:40:34Z")

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