diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c5e4fa4..3517e40 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
     </developers>
 
     <properties>
-        <elasticsearch.version>1.3.2</elasticsearch.version>
+        <elasticsearch.version>6.8.17</elasticsearch.version>
         <rethinkdb-client.version>0.3</rethinkdb-client.version>
         <es.logger.level>INFO</es.logger.level>
         <lucene.version>4.9.0</lucene.version>