diff --git a/starter/spring-boot-starter-elasticsearch/build.gradle b/starter/spring-boot-starter-elasticsearch/build.gradle
index 737e82723fa0..13ba1dc9e5af 100644
--- a/starter/spring-boot-starter-elasticsearch/build.gradle
+++ b/starter/spring-boot-starter-elasticsearch/build.gradle
@@ -24,4 +24,8 @@ dependencies {
 	api(project(":starter:spring-boot-starter"))
 
 	api(project(":module:spring-boot-elasticsearch"))
+
+	api("co.elastic.clients:elasticsearch-java") {
+		exclude group: "commons-logging", module: "commons-logging"
+	}
 }