diff --git a/modules/lang-expression/build.gradle b/modules/lang-expression/build.gradle
index b177abfc6e63..564f22698822 100644
--- a/modules/lang-expression/build.gradle
+++ b/modules/lang-expression/build.gradle
@@ -16,10 +16,11 @@ esplugin {
 
 dependencies {
   api "org.apache.lucene:lucene-expressions:${versions.lucene}"
-  api 'org.antlr:antlr4-runtime:4.5.1-1'
-  api 'org.ow2.asm:asm:5.0.4'
-  api 'org.ow2.asm:asm-commons:5.0.4'
-  api 'org.ow2.asm:asm-tree:5.0.4'
+  runtimeOnly 'org.antlr:antlr4-runtime:4.5.1-1'
+  runtimeOnly 'org.ow2.asm:asm:7.2'
+  runtimeOnly 'org.ow2.asm:asm-commons:7.2'
+  runtimeOnly 'org.ow2.asm:asm-tree:7.2'
+  runtimeOnly 'org.ow2.asm:asm-analysis:7.2'
 }
 restResources {
   restApi {
diff --git a/modules/lang-expression/licenses/asm-5.0.4.jar.sha1 b/modules/lang-expression/licenses/asm-5.0.4.jar.sha1
deleted file mode 100644
index 9223dba380f8..000000000000
--- a/modules/lang-expression/licenses/asm-5.0.4.jar.sha1
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-0da08b8cce7bbf903602a25a3a163ae252435795
diff --git a/modules/lang-expression/licenses/asm-7.2.jar.sha1 b/modules/lang-expression/licenses/asm-7.2.jar.sha1
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..acb97fc1a024
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/lang-expression/licenses/asm-7.2.jar.sha1
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+fa637eb67eb7628c915d73762b681ae7ff0b9731
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/modules/lang-expression/licenses/asm-analysis-7.2.jar.sha1 b/modules/lang-expression/licenses/asm-analysis-7.2.jar.sha1
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..849b5e0bfa67
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/lang-expression/licenses/asm-analysis-7.2.jar.sha1
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+b6e6abe057f23630113f4167c34bda7086691258
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/modules/lang-expression/licenses/asm-commons-5.0.4.jar.sha1 b/modules/lang-expression/licenses/asm-commons-5.0.4.jar.sha1
deleted file mode 100644
index 94fe0cd92c9c..000000000000
--- a/modules/lang-expression/licenses/asm-commons-5.0.4.jar.sha1
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-5a556786086c23cd689a0328f8519db93821c04c
diff --git a/modules/lang-expression/licenses/asm-commons-7.2.jar.sha1 b/modules/lang-expression/licenses/asm-commons-7.2.jar.sha1
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b634981fc89a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/lang-expression/licenses/asm-commons-7.2.jar.sha1
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+ca2954e8d92a05bacc28ff465b25c70e0f512497
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/modules/lang-expression/licenses/asm-tree-5.0.4.jar.sha1 b/modules/lang-expression/licenses/asm-tree-5.0.4.jar.sha1
deleted file mode 100644
index 5822a485a61f..000000000000
--- a/modules/lang-expression/licenses/asm-tree-5.0.4.jar.sha1
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-396ce0c07ba2b481f25a70195c7c94922f0d1b0b
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/modules/lang-expression/licenses/asm-tree-7.2.jar.sha1 b/modules/lang-expression/licenses/asm-tree-7.2.jar.sha1
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..986a1c55f5e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/lang-expression/licenses/asm-tree-7.2.jar.sha1
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+3a23cc36edaf8fc5a89cb100182758ccb5991487
\ No newline at end of file