diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index b9fbcb59a6..ddb7995a99 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/aymerick/raymond v2.0.2+incompatible
 	github.com/boumenot/gocover-cobertura v1.2.0
 	github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2 v2.1.2
-	github.com/elastic/go-elasticsearch/v7 v7.14.0
+	github.com/elastic/go-elasticsearch/v7 v7.17.7
 	github.com/elastic/go-licenser v0.3.1
 	github.com/elastic/go-ucfg v0.8.3
 	github.com/elastic/package-spec v1.0.1-0.20210831025616-dc22ddb86159
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 04e77adbf9..5c44bef214 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -223,8 +223,8 @@ github.com/eapache/go-resiliency v1.1.0/go.mod h1:kFI+JgMyC7bLPUVY133qvEBtVayf5m
 github.com/eapache/go-xerial-snappy v0.0.0-20180814174437-776d5712da21/go.mod h1:+020luEh2TKB4/GOp8oxxtq0Daoen/Cii55CzbTV6DU=
 github.com/eapache/queue v1.1.0/go.mod h1:6eCeP0CKFpHLu8blIFXhExK/dRa7WDZfr6jVFPTqq+I=
 github.com/edsrzf/mmap-go v1.0.0/go.mod h1:YO35OhQPt3KJa3ryjFM5Bs14WD66h8eGKpfaBNrHW5M=
-github.com/elastic/go-elasticsearch/v7 v7.14.0 h1:extp3jos/rwJn3J+lgbaGlwAgs0TVsIHme00GyNAyX4=
-github.com/elastic/go-elasticsearch/v7 v7.14.0/go.mod h1:OJ4wdbtDNk5g503kvlHLyErCgQwwzmDtaFC4XyOxXA4=
+github.com/elastic/go-elasticsearch/v7 v7.17.7 h1:pcYNfITNPusl+cLwLN6OLmVT+F73Els0nbaWOmYachs=
+github.com/elastic/go-elasticsearch/v7 v7.17.7/go.mod h1:OJ4wdbtDNk5g503kvlHLyErCgQwwzmDtaFC4XyOxXA4=
 github.com/elastic/go-licenser v0.3.1 h1:RmRukU/JUmts+rpexAw0Fvt2ly7VVu6mw8z4HrEzObU=
 github.com/elastic/go-licenser v0.3.1/go.mod h1:D8eNQk70FOCVBl3smCGQt/lv7meBeQno2eI1S5apiHQ=
 github.com/elastic/go-ucfg v0.8.3 h1:leywnFjzr2QneZZWhE6uWd+QN/UpP0sdJRHYyuFvkeo=