diff --git a/scb-persistenceproviders/elasticsearch-persistenceprovider/pom.xml b/scb-persistenceproviders/elasticsearch-persistenceprovider/pom.xml
index 5bc1d6e6..b7e489d7 100644
--- a/scb-persistenceproviders/elasticsearch-persistenceprovider/pom.xml
+++ b/scb-persistenceproviders/elasticsearch-persistenceprovider/pom.xml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
     <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
 
     <properties>
-        <elasticsearch.version>6.4.3</elasticsearch.version>
+        <elasticsearch.version>6.8.1</elasticsearch.version>
     </properties>