diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index c757b365d0..4b11f34fcf 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ 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 v7.16.0
+	github.com/elastic/go-elasticsearch/v7 v7.17.7
 	github.com/elastic/go-licenser v0.4.0
 	github.com/elastic/go-ucfg v0.8.4
 	github.com/elastic/package-spec v1.3.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 9cbf14acb4..d3f6bd31a3 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -358,8 +358,8 @@ github.com/dsnet/compress v0.0.2-0.20210315054119-f66993602bf5/go.mod h1:qssHWj6
 github.com/dsnet/golib v0.0.0-20171103203638-1ea166775780/go.mod h1:Lj+Z9rebOhdfkVLjJ8T6VcRQv3SXugXy999NBtR9aFY=
 github.com/dustin/go-humanize v0.0.0-20171111073723-bb3d318650d4/go.mod h1:HtrtbFcZ19U5GC7JDqmcUSB87Iq5E25KnS6fMYU6eOk=
 github.com/dustin/go-humanize v1.0.0/go.mod h1:HtrtbFcZ19U5GC7JDqmcUSB87Iq5E25KnS6fMYU6eOk=
-github.com/elastic/go-elasticsearch/v7 v7.16.0 h1:GHsxDFXIAlhSleXun4kwA89P7kQFADRChqvgOPeYP5A=
-github.com/elastic/go-elasticsearch/v7 v7.16.0/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/go.mod h1:D8eNQk70FOCVBl3smCGQt/lv7meBeQno2eI1S5apiHQ=
 github.com/elastic/go-licenser v0.4.0 h1:jLq6A5SilDS/Iz1ABRkO6BHy91B9jBora8FwGRsDqUI=
 github.com/elastic/go-licenser v0.4.0/go.mod h1:V56wHMpmdURfibNBggaSBfqgPxyT1Tldns1i87iTEvU=