diff --git a/airbyte-integrations/connectors/destination-elasticsearch-strict-encrypt/.dockerignore b/airbyte-integrations/connectors/destination-elasticsearch-strict-encrypt/.dockerignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..65c7d0ad3e73
--- /dev/null
+++ b/airbyte-integrations/connectors/destination-elasticsearch-strict-encrypt/.dockerignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+*
+!Dockerfile
+!build
diff --git a/airbyte-integrations/connectors/destination-elasticsearch-strict-encrypt/Dockerfile b/airbyte-integrations/connectors/destination-elasticsearch-strict-encrypt/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4f4ea189e065
--- /dev/null
+++ b/airbyte-integrations/connectors/destination-elasticsearch-strict-encrypt/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+FROM airbyte/integration-base-java:dev AS build
+
+WORKDIR /airbyte
+
+ENV APPLICATION destination-elasticsearch-strict-encrypt
+
+COPY build/distributions/${APPLICATION}*.tar ${APPLICATION}.tar
+
+RUN tar xf ${APPLICATION}.tar --strip-components=1 && rm -rf ${APPLICATION}.tar
+
+FROM airbyte/integration-base-java:dev
+
+WORKDIR /airbyte
+
+ENV APPLICATION destination-elasticsearch-strict-encrypt
+
+COPY --from=build /airbyte /airbyte
+
+LABEL io.airbyte.version=0.1.3
+LABEL io.airbyte.name=airbyte/destination-elasticsearch-strict-encrypt
diff --git a/airbyte-integrations/connectors/destination-elasticsearch-strict-encrypt/README.md b/airbyte-integrations/connectors/destination-elasticsearch-strict-encrypt/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0ce2b25e3b35
--- /dev/null
+++ b/airbyte-integrations/connectors/destination-elasticsearch-strict-encrypt/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# Elasticsearch Strict Encrypt Test Configuration
+
+In order to test the Elasticsearch destination, you need to have the up and running Elasticsearch that has xpack.security.enabled.
+
+This connector inherits the Elasticsearch destination, but support authorized connections only.
diff --git a/airbyte-integrations/connectors/destination-elasticsearch-strict-encrypt/build.gradle b/airbyte-integrations/connectors/destination-elasticsearch-strict-encrypt/build.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ffc4c797814a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/airbyte-integrations/connectors/destination-elasticsearch-strict-encrypt/build.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+plugins {
+    id 'application'
+    id 'airbyte-docker'
+    id 'airbyte-integration-test-java'
+}
+
+application {
+    mainClass = 'io.airbyte.integrations.destination.elasticsearch.ElasticsearchStrictEncryptDestination'
+    applicationDefaultJvmArgs = ['-XX:+ExitOnOutOfMemoryError', '-XX:MaxRAMPercentage=75.0']
+}
+
+dependencies {
+    implementation project(':airbyte-config:config-models')
+    implementation project(':airbyte-protocol:protocol-models')
+    implementation project(':airbyte-integrations:bases:base-java')
+    implementation files(project(':airbyte-integrations:bases:base-java').airbyteDocker.outputs)
+
+    implementation 'co.elastic.clients:elasticsearch-java:7.15.0'
+    implementation 'com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind:2.12.3'
+
+    // EPL-2.0 OR GPL-2.0 WITH Classpath-exception-2.0
+    // https://eclipse-ee4j.github.io/jsonp/
+    implementation 'jakarta.json:jakarta.json-api:2.0.1'
+
+    // Needed even if using Jackson to have an implementation of the Jsonp object model
+    // EPL-2.0 OR GPL-2.0 WITH Classpath-exception-2.0
+    // https://github.com/eclipse-ee4j/jsonp
+    implementation 'org.glassfish:jakarta.json:2.0.1'
+    implementation project(':airbyte-integrations:connectors:destination-elasticsearch')
+
+    // MIT
+    // https://www.testcontainers.org/
+    testImplementation libs.connectors.testcontainers.elasticsearch
+    integrationTestJavaImplementation libs.connectors.testcontainers.elasticsearch
+
+    integrationTestJavaImplementation project(':airbyte-integrations:bases:standard-destination-test')
+    integrationTestJavaImplementation project(':airbyte-integrations:connectors:destination-elasticsearch')
+}
+
+repositories {
+    maven {
+        name = "ESSnapshots"
+        url = "https://snapshots.elastic.co/maven/"
+    }
+    maven {
+        name = "ESJavaGithubPackages"
+        url = "https://maven.pkg.github.com/elastic/elasticsearch-java"
+    }
+}
diff --git a/airbyte-integrations/connectors/destination-elasticsearch-strict-encrypt/src/main/java/io/airbyte/integrations/destination/elasticsearch/ElasticsearchStrictEncryptDestination.java b/airbyte-integrations/connectors/destination-elasticsearch-strict-encrypt/src/main/java/io/airbyte/integrations/destination/elasticsearch/ElasticsearchStrictEncryptDestination.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..44a7bb080e32
--- /dev/null
+++ b/airbyte-integrations/connectors/destination-elasticsearch-strict-encrypt/src/main/java/io/airbyte/integrations/destination/elasticsearch/ElasticsearchStrictEncryptDestination.java
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2022 Airbyte, Inc., all rights reserved.
+ */
+
+package io.airbyte.integrations.destination.elasticsearch;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.node.ArrayNode;
+import io.airbyte.commons.json.Jsons;
+import io.airbyte.integrations.base.Destination;
+import io.airbyte.integrations.base.IntegrationRunner;
+import io.airbyte.integrations.base.spec_modification.SpecModifyingDestination;
+import io.airbyte.protocol.models.ConnectorSpecification;
+import java.util.stream.IntStream;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+public class ElasticsearchStrictEncryptDestination extends SpecModifyingDestination implements Destination {
+
+  private static final Logger LOGGER = LoggerFactory.getLogger(ElasticsearchStrictEncryptDestination.class);
+
+  public ElasticsearchStrictEncryptDestination() {
+    super(new ElasticsearchDestination());
+  }
+
+  public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
+    final var destination = new ElasticsearchStrictEncryptDestination();
+    LOGGER.info("starting destination: {}", ElasticsearchStrictEncryptDestination.class);
+    new IntegrationRunner(destination).run(args);
+    LOGGER.info("completed destination: {}", ElasticsearchStrictEncryptDestination.class);
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public ConnectorSpecification modifySpec(ConnectorSpecification originalSpec) throws Exception {
+    final ConnectorSpecification spec = Jsons.clone(originalSpec);
+    ArrayNode authMethod = (ArrayNode) spec.getConnectionSpecification().get("properties").get("authenticationMethod").get("oneOf");
+    IntStream.range(0, authMethod.size()).filter(i -> authMethod.get(i).get("title").asText().equals("None")).findFirst()
+        .ifPresent(authMethod::remove);
+    return spec;
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/airbyte-integrations/connectors/destination-elasticsearch-strict-encrypt/src/test-integration/java/io/airbyte/integrations/destination/elasticsearch/ElasticsearchStrictEncryptDestinationAcceptanceTest.java b/airbyte-integrations/connectors/destination-elasticsearch-strict-encrypt/src/test-integration/java/io/airbyte/integrations/destination/elasticsearch/ElasticsearchStrictEncryptDestinationAcceptanceTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..31232025fcbe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/airbyte-integrations/connectors/destination-elasticsearch-strict-encrypt/src/test-integration/java/io/airbyte/integrations/destination/elasticsearch/ElasticsearchStrictEncryptDestinationAcceptanceTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,127 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2022 Airbyte, Inc., all rights reserved.
+ */
+
+package io.airbyte.integrations.destination.elasticsearch;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
+import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableMap;
+import io.airbyte.commons.json.Jsons;
+import io.airbyte.integrations.standardtest.destination.DestinationAcceptanceTest;
+import io.airbyte.integrations.standardtest.destination.comparator.AdvancedTestDataComparator;
+import io.airbyte.integrations.standardtest.destination.comparator.TestDataComparator;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.AfterAll;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeAll;
+import org.testcontainers.elasticsearch.ElasticsearchContainer;
+
+public class ElasticsearchStrictEncryptDestinationAcceptanceTest extends DestinationAcceptanceTest {
+
+  private final ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
+  private static ElasticsearchContainer container;
+
+  @BeforeAll
+  public static void beforeAll() {
+
+    container = new ElasticsearchContainer("docker.elastic.co/elasticsearch/elasticsearch:7.15.1")
+        .withPassword("MagicWord");
+
+    container.start();
+  }
+
+  @AfterAll
+  public static void afterAll() {
+    container.stop();
+    container.close();
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  protected String getImageName() {
+    return "airbyte/destination-elasticsearch-strict-encrypt:dev";
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  protected int getMaxRecordValueLimit() {
+    return 2000000;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  protected boolean implementsNamespaces() {
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  protected boolean supportsNormalization() {
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  protected boolean supportBasicDataTypeTest() {
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  protected boolean supportArrayDataTypeTest() {
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  protected boolean supportObjectDataTypeTest() {
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  protected TestDataComparator getTestDataComparator() {
+    return new AdvancedTestDataComparator();
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  protected JsonNode getConfig() {
+
+    final JsonNode authConfig = Jsons.jsonNode(Map.of(
+        "method", "basic",
+        "username", "elastic",
+        "password", "MagicWord"));
+
+    return Jsons.jsonNode(ImmutableMap.builder()
+        .put("endpoint", String.format("http://%s:%s", container.getHost(), container.getMappedPort(9200)))
+        .put("authenticationMethod", authConfig)
+        .build());
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  protected JsonNode getFailCheckConfig() {
+    // should result in a failed connection check
+    return mapper.createObjectNode();
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  protected List<JsonNode> retrieveRecords(DestinationAcceptanceTest.TestDestinationEnv testEnv,
+                                           String streamName,
+                                           String namespace,
+                                           JsonNode streamSchema)
+      throws IOException {
+    // Records returned from this method will be compared against records provided to the connector
+    // to verify they were written correctly
+    final String indexName = new ElasticsearchWriteConfig()
+        .setNamespace(namespace)
+        .setStreamName(streamName)
+        .getIndexName();
+
+    ElasticsearchConnection connection = new ElasticsearchConnection(mapper.convertValue(getConfig(), ConnectorConfiguration.class));
+    return connection.getRecords(indexName);
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  protected void setup(DestinationAcceptanceTest.TestDestinationEnv testEnv) {}
+
+  @Override
+  protected void tearDown(DestinationAcceptanceTest.TestDestinationEnv testEnv) {
+    ElasticsearchConnection connection = new ElasticsearchConnection(mapper.convertValue(getConfig(), ConnectorConfiguration.class));
+    connection.allIndices().forEach(connection::deleteIndexIfPresent);
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/airbyte-integrations/connectors/destination-elasticsearch-strict-encrypt/src/test/java/io/airbyte/integrations/destination/elasticsearch/ElasticsearchDestinationStrictEncryptTest.java b/airbyte-integrations/connectors/destination-elasticsearch-strict-encrypt/src/test/java/io/airbyte/integrations/destination/elasticsearch/ElasticsearchDestinationStrictEncryptTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2682c162ba74
--- /dev/null
+++ b/airbyte-integrations/connectors/destination-elasticsearch-strict-encrypt/src/test/java/io/airbyte/integrations/destination/elasticsearch/ElasticsearchDestinationStrictEncryptTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2022 Airbyte, Inc., all rights reserved.
+ */
+
+package io.airbyte.integrations.destination.elasticsearch;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
+
+import io.airbyte.commons.json.Jsons;
+import io.airbyte.commons.resources.MoreResources;
+import io.airbyte.protocol.models.ConnectorSpecification;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+public class ElasticsearchDestinationStrictEncryptTest {
+
+  @Test
+  void testSpec() throws Exception {
+    final ConnectorSpecification actual = new ElasticsearchStrictEncryptDestination().spec();
+    final ConnectorSpecification expected = Jsons.deserialize(MoreResources.readResource("expected_spec.json"), ConnectorSpecification.class);
+
+    assertEquals(expected, actual);
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/airbyte-integrations/connectors/destination-elasticsearch-strict-encrypt/src/test/resources/expected_spec.json b/airbyte-integrations/connectors/destination-elasticsearch-strict-encrypt/src/test/resources/expected_spec.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e8e769b20e28
--- /dev/null
+++ b/airbyte-integrations/connectors/destination-elasticsearch-strict-encrypt/src/test/resources/expected_spec.json
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+{
+  "documentationUrl": "https://docs.airbyte.io/integrations/destinations/elasticsearch",
+  "supportsIncremental": true,
+  "supportsNormalization": false,
+  "supportsNamespaces": true,
+  "supportsDBT": false,
+  "supported_destination_sync_modes": ["overwrite", "append"],
+  "connectionSpecification": {
+    "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
+    "title": "Elasticsearch Connection Configuration",
+    "type": "object",
+    "required": ["endpoint"],
+    "additionalProperties": false,
+    "properties": {
+      "endpoint": {
+        "title": "Server Endpoint",
+        "type": "string",
+        "description": "The full url of the Elasticsearch server"
+      },
+      "upsert": {
+        "type": "boolean",
+        "title": "Upsert Records",
+        "description": "If a primary key identifier is defined in the source, an upsert will be performed using the primary key value as the elasticsearch doc id. Does not support composite primary keys.",
+        "default": true
+      },
+      "authenticationMethod": {
+        "title": "Authentication Method",
+        "type": "object",
+        "description": "The type of authentication to be used",
+        "oneOf": [
+          {
+            "title": "Api Key/Secret",
+            "additionalProperties": false,
+            "description": "Use a api key and secret combination to authenticate",
+            "required": ["method", "apiKeyId", "apiKeySecret"],
+            "properties": {
+              "method": {
+                "type": "string",
+                "const": "secret"
+              },
+              "apiKeyId": {
+                "title": "API Key ID",
+                "description": "The Key ID to used when accessing an enterprise Elasticsearch instance.",
+                "type": "string"
+              },
+              "apiKeySecret": {
+                "title": "API Key Secret",
+                "description": "The secret associated with the API Key ID.",
+                "type": "string",
+                "airbyte_secret": true
+              }
+            }
+          },
+          {
+            "title": "Username/Password",
+            "additionalProperties": false,
+            "description": "Basic auth header with a username and password",
+            "required": ["method", "username", "password"],
+            "properties": {
+              "method": {
+                "type": "string",
+                "const": "basic"
+              },
+              "username": {
+                "title": "Username",
+                "description": "Basic auth username to access a secure Elasticsearch server",
+                "type": "string"
+              },
+              "password": {
+                "title": "Password",
+                "description": "Basic auth password to access a secure Elasticsearch server",
+                "type": "string",
+                "airbyte_secret": true
+              }
+            }
+          }
+        ]
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/airbyte-integrations/connectors/destination-elasticsearch/src/main/java/io/airbyte/integrations/destination/elasticsearch/ElasticsearchWriteConfig.java b/airbyte-integrations/connectors/destination-elasticsearch/src/main/java/io/airbyte/integrations/destination/elasticsearch/ElasticsearchWriteConfig.java
index f76aee42265c..90b36591c0d1 100644
--- a/airbyte-integrations/connectors/destination-elasticsearch/src/main/java/io/airbyte/integrations/destination/elasticsearch/ElasticsearchWriteConfig.java
+++ b/airbyte-integrations/connectors/destination-elasticsearch/src/main/java/io/airbyte/integrations/destination/elasticsearch/ElasticsearchWriteConfig.java
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ public class ElasticsearchWriteConfig {
   private List<List<String>> primaryKey;
   private boolean upsert;
 
-  ElasticsearchWriteConfig() {}
+  public ElasticsearchWriteConfig() {}
 
   ElasticsearchWriteConfig(
                            String namespace,