diff --git a/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-elasticsearch-bundle/nifi-elasticsearch-processors/pom.xml b/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-elasticsearch-bundle/nifi-elasticsearch-processors/pom.xml
index 763d725a3..f6045c2cd 100644
--- a/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-elasticsearch-bundle/nifi-elasticsearch-processors/pom.xml
+++ b/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-elasticsearch-bundle/nifi-elasticsearch-processors/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ language governing permissions and limitations under the License. -->
 
     <properties>
         <slf4jversion>1.7.12</slf4jversion>
-        <es.version>2.1.0</es.version>
+        <es.version>6.8.14</es.version>
         <lucene.version>5.3.1</lucene.version>
     </properties>