diff --git a/search-api/search-core/pom.xml b/search-api/search-core/pom.xml
index 2fd68790e..0fded56d9 100644
--- a/search-api/search-core/pom.xml
+++ b/search-api/search-core/pom.xml
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.elasticsearch.client</groupId>
             <artifactId>elasticsearch-rest-high-level-client</artifactId>
-            <version>6.8.22</version>
+            <version>7.17.8</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>junit</groupId>