# Why is beats 8.19.0 latest Version?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-is-beats-8-19-0-latest-version/380592>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** auditbeat\
**Created:** [July 30, 2025, 9:56am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-is-beats-8-19-0-latest-version/380592 "2025-07-30T09:56:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![ferdinandweiner](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ferdinandweiner/32/144391_2.png) [@ferdinandweiner](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ferdinandweiner)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2025, 9:56am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-is-beats-8-19-0-latest-version/380592/1 "2025-07-30T09:56:31Z")

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Hello auditbeat team,

I noticed that version 8.19.0 has the latest flag on GitHub. However, on the website it is 9.1.0.

Is there a specific reason for this, or was the latest flag simply set incorrectly?

Thanks,

Ferdi

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**Author:** ![andrewkroh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/andrewkroh/32/3784_2.png) [@andrewkroh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/andrewkroh)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2025, 10:44am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-is-beats-8-19-0-latest-version/380592/2 "2025-07-30T10:44:16Z")

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Both 8.19 and 9.x are being maintained so it's just a matter of timing. The 8.19 branch was released most recently (~2h after 9.1) so GitHub automatically gave it the "latest" tag.

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**Author:** ![ferdinandweiner](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ferdinandweiner/32/144391_2.png) [@ferdinandweiner](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ferdinandweiner)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2025, 1:24pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-is-beats-8-19-0-latest-version/380592/3 "2025-07-30T13:24:08Z")

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Ah ok, so github decides which release get the latest tag.  
Thanks for clarification.