# Which NEST version should i use with the latest 8.1 Elastic? **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Tags:** language-clients\ **Created:** [April 4, 2022, 7:08am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/which-nest-version-should-i-use-with-the-latest-8-1-elastic/301458 "2022-04-04T07:08:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Suat\_Kose](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/suat_kose/32/103893_2.png) [@Suat\_Kose](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Suat_Kose)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2022, 7:08am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/which-nest-version-should-i-use-with-the-latest-8-1-elastic/301458/1 "2022-04-04T07:08:41Z")
Hi, We use NEST 6.8.0 with 6.8.4 Elasticsearch. We are upgrading our Elasticsearch version to 8.1. Should we use this client ?[NuGet Gallery | Elastic.Clients.Elasticsearch 8.0.0-alpha.4](https://www.nuget.org/packages/Elastic.Clients.Elasticsearch/8.0.0-alpha.4) Is this alpha version recommended to use in production? Thanks in advance. ---
**Author:** ![Suat\_Kose](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/suat_kose/32/103893_2.png) [@Suat\_Kose](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Suat_Kose)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2022, 5:13pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/which-nest-version-should-i-use-with-the-latest-8-1-elastic/301458/2 "2022-04-04T17:13:45Z")
Is anyone here 👀 I upgraded NEST to 7.17.0 version and it looks like it works with ES 8.1. Not sure i am doing something wrong here. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2022, 5:14pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/which-nest-version-should-i-use-with-the-latest-8-1-elastic/301458/3 "2022-05-02T17:14:11Z")
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