# What is considered a major/minor upgrade

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-is-considered-a-major-minor-upgrade/231644>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [May 8, 2020, 1:44am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-is-considered-a-major-minor-upgrade/231644 "2020-05-08T01:44:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![AClerk](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/aclerk/32/55297_2.png) [@AClerk](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/AClerk)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2020, 1:44am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-is-considered-a-major-minor-upgrade/231644/1 "2020-05-08T01:44:24Z")

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Hey,  
According to the documents

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The difference is that a minor upgrade takes you from 6.8.2 to 6.8.3, while a major upgrade takes you from 6.8 to 7.5.

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What is moving from 7.3.x to 7.6.x considered?  
Major of Minor?

Thanks

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2020, 1:46am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-is-considered-a-major-minor-upgrade/231644/2 "2020-05-08T01:46:02Z")

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It's minor.

Major would be 7.X to 8.X.

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**Author:** ![AClerk](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/aclerk/32/55297_2.png) [@AClerk](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/AClerk)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2020, 1:46am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-is-considered-a-major-minor-upgrade/231644/3 "2020-05-08T01:46:45Z")

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Thanks,  
It was not clear to me from the documentation.

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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:** [June 5, 2020, 1:46am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-is-considered-a-major-minor-upgrade/231644/4 "2020-06-05T01:46:48Z")

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