Consul Dataplane requires servers running Consul version `v1.14-beta+`. To find a specific version of Consul, refer to [Hashicorp's Official Release Channels](https://www.hashicorp.com/official-release-channels).
### Installation
To install the beta release of Consul Dataplane, set `VERSION` to `1.0.0-beta` and then follow the instructions to install a specific version of Consul [with the Helm Chart](/docs/k8s/installation/install#install-consul) or [with the Consul-k8s CLI](/docs/k8s/installation/install-cli#install-a-previous-version).
#### Helm
```shell-session
$ export VERSION=1.0.0-beta
$ helm install consul hashicorp/consul --set global.name=consul --version ${VERSION} --create-namespace --namespace consul