diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index aaf7ae002..3bcefdd4c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@
         <junit.version>5.10.0</junit.version>
         <aws-embedded-metrics.version>1.0.6</aws-embedded-metrics.version>
         <jmespath.version>0.6.0</jmespath.version>
-        <elastic.version>1.5.0</elastic.version>
+        <elastic.version>1.6.0</elastic.version>
 
         <!-- As we have a .mvn directory at the root of the project, this will evaluate to the root directory
             regardless of where maven is run - sub-module, or root. -->