--- title: Versioned kafka output plugin docs description: This page lists all documentation available for this plugin. To see which plugin version you have installed, run bin/logstash-plugin list --verbose. Versioned... url: https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/logstash/versioned-plugins/output-kafka-index products: - Logstash applies_to: - Elastic Stack: Generally available --- # Versioned kafka output plugin docs This page lists all documentation available for this plugin. To see which plugin version you have installed, run `bin/logstash-plugin list --verbose`. Versioned plugin documentation is not available for plugins released prior to Logstash 6.0. | | | |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------| | Version | Release Date | | [v12.1.9](https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/logstash/versioned-plugins/v12-1-9-plugins-outputs-kafka) | 2026-09-09 | | [v12.1.8](https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/logstash/versioned-plugins/v12-1-8-plugins-outputs-kafka) | 2026-08-31 | | [v12.1.7](https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/logstash/versioned-plugins/v12-1-7-plugins-outputs-kafka) | 2026-08-24 | | [v12.1.6](https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/logstash/versioned-plugins/v12-1-6-plugins-outputs-kafka) | 2026-08-20 | | [v12.1.5](https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/logstash/versioned-plugins/v12-1-5-plugins-outputs-kafka) | 2026-07-06 | | [v12.1.4](https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/logstash/versioned-plugins/v12-1-4-plugins-outputs-kafka) | 2026-06-30 | | [v12.1.3](https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/logstash/versioned-plugins/v12-1-3-plugins-outputs-kafka) | 2026-05-29 | | [v12.1.2](https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/logstash/versioned-plugins/v12-1-2-plugins-outputs-kafka) | 2026-05-13 | | [v12.1.1](https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/logstash/versioned-plugins/v12-1-1-plugins-outputs-kafka) | 2026-04-13 | | [v12.1.0](https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/logstash/versioned-plugins/v12-1-0-plugins-outputs-kafka) | 2026-03-18 | | [v12.0.6](https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/logstash/versioned-plugins/v12-0-6-plugins-outputs-kafka) | 2026-03-16 | | [v12.0.5](https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/logstash/versioned-plugins/v12-0-5-plugins-outputs-kafka) | 2026-03-11 | | [v12.0.4](https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/logstash/versioned-plugins/v12-0-4-plugins-outputs-kafka) | 2026-01-31 | | [v12.0.3](https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/logstash/versioned-plugins/v12-0-3-plugins-outputs-kafka) | 2026-01-17 | | [v12.0.2](https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/logstash/versioned-plugins/v12-0-2-plugins-outputs-kafka) | 2025-12-22 | | [v12.0.1](https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/logstash/versioned-plugins/v12-0-1-plugins-outputs-kafka) | 2025-10-29 | | [v12.0.0](https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/logstash/versioned-plugins/v12-0-0-plugins-outputs-kafka) | 2025-10-16 | | [v11.8.12](https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/logstash/versioned-plugins/v11-8-12-plugins-outputs-kafka) | 2026-09-09 | | [v11.8.11](https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/logstash/versioned-plugins/v11-8-11-plugins-outputs-kafka) | 2026-08-20 | | [v11.8.10](https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/logstash/versioned-plugins/v11-8-10-plugins-outputs-kafka) | 2026-06-30 | | [v11.8.9](https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/logstash/versioned-plugins/v11-8-9-plugins-outputs-kafka) | 2026-05-13 | | [v11.8.8](https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/logstash/versioned-plugins/v11-8-8-plugins-outputs-kafka) | 2026-04-13 | | [v11.8.7](https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/logstash/versioned-plugins/v11-8-7-plugins-outputs-kafka) | 2026-03-18 | | [v11.8.6](https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/logstash/versioned-plugins/v11-8-6-plugins-outputs-kafka) | 2026-03-16 | | [v11.8.5](https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/logstash/versioned-plugins/v11-8-5-plugins-outputs-kafka) | 2026-03-11 | | [v11.8.4](https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/logstash/versioned-plugins/v11-8-4-plugins-outputs-kafka) | 2026-02-19 | | [v11.8.3](https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/logstash/versioned-plugins/v11-8-3-plugins-outputs-kafka) | 2026-02-03 | | [v11.8.2](https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/logstash/versioned-plugins/v11-8-2-plugins-outputs-kafka) | 2026-01-17 | | [v11.8.1](https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/logstash/versioned-plugins/v11-8-1-plugins-outputs-kafka) | 2025-12-22 | | [v11.8.0](https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/logstash/versioned-plugins/v11-8-0-plugins-outputs-kafka) | 2025-10-16 | | [v11.7.0](https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/logstash/versioned-plugins/v11-7-0-plugins-outputs-kafka) | 2025-10-03 | | [v11.6.4](https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/logstash/versioned-plugins/v11-6-4-plugins-outputs-kafka) | 2025-08-28 | | [v11.6.3](https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/logstash/versioned-plugins/v11-6-3-plugins-outputs-kafka) | 2025-06-12 | | [v11.6.2](https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/logstash/versioned-plugins/v11-6-2-plugins-outputs-kafka) | 2025-05-21 | | [v11.6.1](https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/logstash/versioned-plugins/v11-6-1-plugins-outputs-kafka) | 2025-05-08 | | [v11.6.0](https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/logstash/versioned-plugins/v11-6-0-plugins-outputs-kafka) | 2025-01-07 | | [v11.5.4](https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/logstash/versioned-plugins/v11-5-4-plugins-outputs-kafka) | 2024-12-18 | | [v11.5.3](https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/logstash/versioned-plugins/v11-5-3-plugins-outputs-kafka) | 2024-11-25 | | [v11.5.2](https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/logstash/versioned-plugins/v11-5-2-plugins-outputs-kafka) | 2024-10-04 | | [v11.5.1](https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/logstash/versioned-plugins/v11-5-1-plugins-outputs-kafka) | 2024-07-26 | | [v11.5.0](https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/logstash/versioned-plugins/v11-5-0-plugins-outputs-kafka) | 2024-07-02 | | [v11.4.2](https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/logstash/versioned-plugins/v11-4-2-plugins-outputs-kafka) | 2024-05-17 | | [v11.4.1](https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/logstash/versioned-plugins/v11-4-1-plugins-outputs-kafka) | 2024-04-10 | | [v11.4.0](https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/logstash/versioned-plugins/v11-4-0-plugins-outputs-kafka) | 2024-04-09 | | [v11.3.4](https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/logstash/versioned-plugins/v11-3-4-plugins-outputs-kafka) | 2024-02-06 | | [v11.3.3](https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/logstash/versioned-plugins/v11-3-3-plugins-outputs-kafka) | 2024-01-09 | | [v11.3.2](https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/logstash/versioned-plugins/v11-3-2-plugins-outputs-kafka) | 2023-10-16 | | [v11.3.1](https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/logstash/versioned-plugins/v11-3-1-plugins-outputs-kafka) | 2023-10-04 | | [v11.3.0](https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/logstash/versioned-plugins/v11-3-0-plugins-outputs-kafka) | 2023-07-04 | | [v11.2.1](https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/logstash/versioned-plugins/v11-2-1-plugins-outputs-kafka) | 2023-02-16 | | [v11.2.0](https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/logstash/versioned-plugins/v11-2-0-plugins-outputs-kafka) | 2023-02-14 | | [v11.1.0](https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/logstash/versioned-plugins/v11-1-0-plugins-outputs-kafka) | 2023-01-25 | | [v11.0.0](https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/logstash/versioned-plugins/v11-0-0-plugins-outputs-kafka) | 2022-12-16 | | [v10.12.2](https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/logstash/versioned-plugins/v10-12-2-plugins-outputs-kafka) | 2025-02-12 | | [v10.12.1](https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/logstash/versioned-plugins/v10-12-1-plugins-outputs-kafka) | 2023-10-16 | | [v10.12.0](https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/logstash/versioned-plugins/v10-12-0-plugins-outputs-kafka) | 2022-05-09 | | [v10.11.0](https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/logstash/versioned-plugins/v10-11-0-plugins-outputs-kafka) | 2022-04-25 | | [v10.10.0](https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/logstash/versioned-plugins/v10-10-0-plugins-outputs-kafka) | 2022-02-02 | | [v10.9.0](https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/logstash/versioned-plugins/v10-9-0-plugins-outputs-kafka) | 2021-12-14 | | [v10.8.2](https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/logstash/versioned-plugins/v10-8-2-plugins-outputs-kafka) | 2021-11-04 | | [v10.8.1](https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/logstash/versioned-plugins/v10-8-1-plugins-outputs-kafka) | 2021-07-13 | | [v10.8.0](https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/logstash/versioned-plugins/v10-8-0-plugins-outputs-kafka) | 2021-07-13 | | [v10.7.7](https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/logstash/versioned-plugins/v10-7-7-plugins-outputs-kafka) | 2021-07-06 | | [v10.7.6](https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/logstash/versioned-plugins/v10-7-6-plugins-outputs-kafka) | 2021-05-31 | | [v10.7.5](https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/logstash/versioned-plugins/v10-7-5-plugins-outputs-kafka) | 2021-05-26 | | [v10.7.4](https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/logstash/versioned-plugins/v10-7-4-plugins-outputs-kafka) | 2021-04-14 | | [v10.7.3](https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/logstash/versioned-plugins/v10-7-3-plugins-outputs-kafka) | 2021-03-26 | | [v10.7.2](https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/logstash/versioned-plugins/v10-7-2-plugins-outputs-kafka) | 2021-03-05 | | [v10.7.1](https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/logstash/versioned-plugins/v10-7-1-plugins-outputs-kafka) | 2021-02-11 | | [v10.7.0](https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/logstash/versioned-plugins/v10-7-0-plugins-outputs-kafka) | 2020-12-03 | | [v10.6.0](https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/logstash/versioned-plugins/v10-6-0-plugins-outputs-kafka) | 2020-10-28 | | [v10.5.3](https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/logstash/versioned-plugins/v10-5-3-plugins-outputs-kafka) | 2020-10-21 | | [v10.5.2](https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/logstash/versioned-plugins/v10-5-2-plugins-outputs-kafka) | 2020-10-15 | | [v10.5.1](https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/logstash/versioned-plugins/v10-5-1-plugins-outputs-kafka) | 2020-08-20 | | [v10.5.0](https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/logstash/versioned-plugins/v10-5-0-plugins-outputs-kafka) | 2020-07-20 | | [v10.4.0](https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/logstash/versioned-plugins/v10-4-0-plugins-outputs-kafka) | 2020-07-03 | | [v10.3.0](https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/logstash/versioned-plugins/v10-3-0-plugins-outputs-kafka) | 2020-06-18 | | [v10.2.0](https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/logstash/versioned-plugins/v10-2-0-plugins-outputs-kafka) | 2020-04-30 | | [v10.1.0](https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/logstash/versioned-plugins/v10-1-0-plugins-outputs-kafka) | 2020-03-26 | | [v10.0.1](https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/logstash/versioned-plugins/v10-0-1-plugins-outputs-kafka) | 2020-03-12 | | [v10.0.0](https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/logstash/versioned-plugins/v10-0-0-plugins-outputs-kafka) | 2019-10-15 | | [v8.1.0](https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/logstash/versioned-plugins/v8-1-0-plugins-outputs-kafka) | 2019-08-01 | | [v8.0.2](https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/logstash/versioned-plugins/v8-0-2-plugins-outputs-kafka) | 2019-07-16 | | [v8.0.1](https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/logstash/versioned-plugins/v8-0-1-plugins-outputs-kafka) | 2019-02-12 | | [v8.0.0](https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/logstash/versioned-plugins/v8-0-0-plugins-outputs-kafka) | 2019-01-11 | | [v7.3.2](https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/logstash/versioned-plugins/v7-3-2-plugins-outputs-kafka) | 2019-02-12 | | [v7.3.1](https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/logstash/versioned-plugins/v7-3-1-plugins-outputs-kafka) | 2018-12-19 | | [v7.3.0](https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/logstash/versioned-plugins/v7-3-0-plugins-outputs-kafka) | 2018-12-10 | | [v7.2.1](https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/logstash/versioned-plugins/v7-2-1-plugins-outputs-kafka) | 2018-11-21 | | [v7.2.0](https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/logstash/versioned-plugins/v7-2-0-plugins-outputs-kafka) | 2018-09-27 | | [v7.1.3](https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/logstash/versioned-plugins/v7-1-3-plugins-outputs-kafka) | 2018-08-27 | | [v7.1.2](https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/logstash/versioned-plugins/v7-1-2-plugins-outputs-kafka) | 2018-08-01 | | [v7.1.1](https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/logstash/versioned-plugins/v7-1-1-plugins-outputs-kafka) | 2018-06-05 | | [v7.1.0](https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/logstash/versioned-plugins/v7-1-0-plugins-outputs-kafka) | 2018-05-21 | | [v7.0.10](https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/logstash/versioned-plugins/v7-0-10-plugins-outputs-kafka) | 2018-04-06 | | [v7.0.8](https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/logstash/versioned-plugins/v7-0-8-plugins-outputs-kafka) | 2018-01-24 | | [v7.0.7](https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/logstash/versioned-plugins/v7-0-7-plugins-outputs-kafka) | 2018-01-17 | | [v7.0.6](https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/logstash/versioned-plugins/v7-0-6-plugins-outputs-kafka) | 2018-01-05 | | [v7.0.4](https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/logstash/versioned-plugins/v7-0-4-plugins-outputs-kafka) | 2017-10-25 | | [v7.0.3](https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/logstash/versioned-plugins/v7-0-3-plugins-outputs-kafka) | 2017-10-09 | | [v7.0.1](https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/logstash/versioned-plugins/v7-0-1-plugins-outputs-kafka) | 2017-08-16 | | [v7.0.0](https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/logstash/versioned-plugins/v7-0-0-plugins-outputs-kafka) | 2017-08-01 | | [v6.2.4](https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/logstash/versioned-plugins/v6-2-4-plugins-outputs-kafka) | 2019-02-12 | | [v6.2.2](https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/logstash/versioned-plugins/v6-2-2-plugins-outputs-kafka) | 2017-07-11 | | [v6.2.1](https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/logstash/versioned-plugins/v6-2-1-plugins-outputs-kafka) | 2017-06-23 | | [v6.2.0](https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/logstash/versioned-plugins/v6-2-0-plugins-outputs-kafka) | 2017-05-11 |