diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a42c9346..b24f1666 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -167,15 +167,10 @@
             <version>8.11.0</version>
         </dependency>
         <!-- Elastic search -->
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.elasticsearch</groupId>
-            <artifactId>elasticsearch</artifactId>
-            <version>7.13.3</version>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.elasticsearch.client</groupId>
             <artifactId>elasticsearch-rest-high-level-client</artifactId>
-            <version>7.13.3</version>
+            <version>7.16.1</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.amazonaws</groupId>
diff --git a/src/main/java/uk/org/llgc/annotation/store/adapters/elastic/ElasticStore.java b/src/main/java/uk/org/llgc/annotation/store/adapters/elastic/ElasticStore.java
index 315d8242..b30e6315 100644
--- a/src/main/java/uk/org/llgc/annotation/store/adapters/elastic/ElasticStore.java
+++ b/src/main/java/uk/org/llgc/annotation/store/adapters/elastic/ElasticStore.java
@@ -27,9 +27,9 @@
 import uk.org.llgc.annotation.store.adapters.StoreAdapter;
 import uk.org.llgc.annotation.store.adapters.AbstractStoreAdapter;
 
-import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentBuilder;
+import org.elasticsearch.xcontent.XContentBuilder;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.text.Text;
-import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentFactory;
+import org.elasticsearch.xcontent.XContentFactory;
 
 import org.elasticsearch.client.RestHighLevelClient;
 import org.elasticsearch.client.RestClientBuilder;