diff --git a/flink-connector-elasticsearch-base/pom.xml b/flink-connector-elasticsearch-base/pom.xml
index f0844e47..8aadee9f 100644
--- a/flink-connector-elasticsearch-base/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-connector-elasticsearch-base/pom.xml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ under the License.
 
 	<!-- Allow users to pass custom connector versions -->
 	<properties>
-		<elasticsearch.version>7.10.2</elasticsearch.version>
+		<elasticsearch.version>7.17.23</elasticsearch.version>
 	</properties>
 
 	<dependencies>