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title = "Upgrading to ES 2"
weight = 26
updated = 2023-06-17

aliases = ["/docs/upgrading-to-es-2.html", "/docs/managed-search/elasticsearch-and-opensearch/cluster-management/version-upgrades/guides/upgrading-to-elasticsearch-version-2/"]

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nav_title = "Upgrading to ES 2"
weight = 40
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{% admonition(title="Info") %}
This document serves to highlight key breaking changes for our customers. It does not represent the [full list of breaking changes](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/2.0/breaking-changes-2.0.html). As always, we recommend you [test your searches](@/docs/cluster-management/version-upgrades/upgrading-major-versions/index.md) on the new version of Elasticsearch before moving forward.
{% end %}

## General Solutions

### From 1.x

There are no specific tricks for this upgrade process, outside of the General Solution listed above. We would simply recommend you follow our [traditional process for testing](@/docs/cluster-management/version-upgrades/upgrading-major-versions/index.md) your searches on a new version of Elasticsearch.