diff --git a/flink-connectors/flink-connector-elasticsearch5/pom.xml b/flink-connectors/flink-connector-elasticsearch5/pom.xml
index a8a6489f22c4a..b915510897a2a 100644
--- a/flink-connectors/flink-connector-elasticsearch5/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-connectors/flink-connector-elasticsearch5/pom.xml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ under the License.
 
 	<!-- Allow users to pass custom connector versions -->
 	<properties>
-		<elasticsearch.version>5.1.2</elasticsearch.version>
+		<elasticsearch.version>7.5.0</elasticsearch.version>
 	</properties>
 
 	<dependencies>