# Can we install lower version of Searchguard with Higher version Elasticsearch?

**URL:** <https://forum.search-guard.com/t/can-we-install-lower-version-of-searchguard-with-higher-version-elasticsearch/1398>\
**Category:** Search Guard\
**Created:** [March 28, 2019, 4:41pm UTC](https://forum.search-guard.com/t/can-we-install-lower-version-of-searchguard-with-higher-version-elasticsearch/1398 "2019-03-28T16:41:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![krishna85](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.search-guard.com/krishna85/32/459_2.png) [@krishna85](https://forum.search-guard.com/u/krishna85)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2019, 4:41pm UTC](https://forum.search-guard.com/t/can-we-install-lower-version-of-searchguard-with-higher-version-elasticsearch/1398/1 "2019-03-28T16:41:01Z")

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for Example:

Elasticsearch version: 6.7.0

Searchguard Version: 6:6.6.2-24.2, please suggest me, Thanks.

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**Author:** ![jkressin](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.search-guard.com/jkressin/32/9_2.png) [@jkressin](https://forum.search-guard.com/u/jkressin)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2019, 4:47pm UTC](https://forum.search-guard.com/t/can-we-install-lower-version-of-searchguard-with-higher-version-elasticsearch/1398/2 "2019-03-28T16:47:09Z")

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No. Elastic has a very strict version check, so the version of all installed plugins must match the Elasticsearch version exactly.

If you like you can try this pre-release snapshot:

[https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots/com/floragunn/search-guard-6/6.7.0-24.2-SNAPSHOT/search-guard-6-6.7.0-24.2-20190328.125242-2.zip](https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots/com/floragunn/search-guard-6/6.7.0-24.2-SNAPSHOT/search-guard-6-6.7.0-24.2-20190328.125242-2.zip)

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> On Thursday, March 28, 2019 at 5:41:02 PM UTC+1, Vijayakrishna wrote:
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> > for Example:
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> > Elasticsearch version: 6.7.0
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> > Searchguard Version: 6:6.6.2-24.2, please suggest me, Thanks.

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**Author:** ![krishna85](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.search-guard.com/krishna85/32/459_2.png) [@krishna85](https://forum.search-guard.com/u/krishna85)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2019, 5:30pm UTC](https://forum.search-guard.com/t/can-we-install-lower-version-of-searchguard-with-higher-version-elasticsearch/1398/3 "2019-03-28T17:30:32Z")

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thanks!!!

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> On Thursday, March 28, 2019 at 9:47:09 AM UTC-7, Jochen Kressin wrote:
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> > No. Elastic has a very strict version check, so the version of all installed plugins must match the Elasticsearch version exactly.
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> > If you like you can try this pre-release snapshot:
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> > 
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> > [https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots/com/floragunn/search-guard-6/6.7.0-24.2-SNAPSHOT/search-guard-6-6.7.0-24.2-20190328.125242-2.zip](https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots/com/floragunn/search-guard-6/6.7.0-24.2-SNAPSHOT/search-guard-6-6.7.0-24.2-20190328.125242-2.zip)
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> > On Thursday, March 28, 2019 at 5:41:02 PM UTC+1, Vijayakrishna wrote:
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> > > for Example:
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> > > Elasticsearch version: 6.7.0
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> > > Searchguard Version: 6:6.6.2-24.2, please suggest me, Thanks.