diff --git a/jest-droid/pom.xml b/jest-droid/pom.xml
index 6cb737b8..6fc762ba 100644
--- a/jest-droid/pom.xml
+++ b/jest-droid/pom.xml
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.elasticsearch</groupId>
             <artifactId>elasticsearch</artifactId>
+            <version>7.17.8</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <!--Logging -->