diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index b62255a66..2347a5e2d 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 #   wget or curl
 #
 JRUBY_VERSION=1.7.3
-ELASTICSEARCH_VERSION=0.20.5
+ELASTICSEARCH_VERSION=0.90.0
 #VERSION=$(shell ruby -r./lib/logstash/version -e 'puts LOGSTASH_VERSION')
 VERSION=$(shell awk -F\" '/LOGSTASH_VERSION/ {print $$2}' lib/logstash/version.rb)