---
title: Versioned elastic_agent input plugin
description: The input-elastic_agent plugin is the next generation of the input-beats plugin, and is based on the same github repository. To see which plugin version...
url: https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/logstash/versioned-plugins/input-elastic_agent-index
products:
  - Logstash
applies_to:
  - Elastic Stack: Generally available
---

# Versioned elastic_agent input plugin
The `input-elastic_agent` plugin is the next generation of the [input-beats plugin](https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/logstash/versioned-plugins/input-beats-index), and is based on the [same github repository](https://github.com/logstash-plugins/logstash-input-beats).
To see which plugin version you have installed, run `bin/logstash-plugin list --verbose`.