---
type: api
title: Upgrade assistant
description: The Kibana Upgrade Assistant API helps you prepare for the next major Elasticsearch release.
url: https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/4371/api/doc/kibana/group/endpoint-upgrade
resource: https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/4371/api/doc/kibana/group/endpoint-upgrade
products:
  - Kibana
---

# Upgrade assistant

`upgrade`

The Kibana Upgrade Assistant API helps you prepare for the next major Elasticsearch release.
> warn
> This is a Kibana REST API (not an Elasticsearch API) and requests must target your Kibana URL:
> * Self-managed URL pattern: `https://localhost:5601`
> * Elastic Cloud URL pattern: `https://your-deployment.kb.us-east-1.aws.elastic.cloud:9243`

- [Get the upgrade readiness status](https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/4371/api/doc/kibana/operation/operation-get-upgrade-status): `GET` `/api/upgrade_assistant/status`