# Use older beats version with 7.X Elasticsearch
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/use-older-beats-version-with-7-x-elasticsearch/187624
**Category:** Logstash
**Created:** [June 26, 2019, 4:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/use-older-beats-version-with-7-x-elasticsearch/187624 "2019-06-26T16:18:36Z")
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### Author:  [@Simon18](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Simon18)
#### Post date: [June 26, 2019, 4:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/use-older-beats-version-with-7-x-elasticsearch/187624/1 "2019-06-26T16:18:36Z")
Hi,
Im quiet new to elasticsearch.
I have a little (may very simple) Question about the compatibility betwen beats - logstash and elasticsearch.
If I want to upgrade my elasticsearch to 7.2 i can see that its compatible with logstash 6.8 and above and beats 6.8 and above ([https://www.elastic.co/support/matrix#matrix\_compatibility](https://www.elastic.co/support/matrix#matrix_compatibility)).
If i look on the same page at the point Compatibility with Logstash i can see that logstash 6.8 is compatible with with beats \>= 5.6.
So my simple question is:
Can i use a "older" beats version (in my case 6.3.2) with shipps the Data trough a 6.8 Logstash Instance to a 7.2 Elasticsearch Instance?
I know it would be better to have everything on the newest version, but in my case it takes a long time to update all beats and i want to use the new Features.
I hope anyone can help me.
Kind regards,
Simon
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 24, 2019, 4:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/use-older-beats-version-with-7-x-elasticsearch/187624/2 "2019-07-24T16:18:56Z")
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