diff --git a/elasticsearch/Dockerfile b/elasticsearch/Dockerfile
index 5a5e3781..17b67926 100755
--- a/elasticsearch/Dockerfile
+++ b/elasticsearch/Dockerfile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ FROM java:8u92-jre-alpine
 
 MAINTAINER itzg
 
-ENV ES_VERSION=2.3.4
+ENV ES_VERSION=2.4.0
 
 ADD https://download.elasticsearch.org/elasticsearch/release/org/elasticsearch/distribution/tar/elasticsearch/$ES_VERSION/elasticsearch-$ES_VERSION.tar.gz /tmp/es.tgz
 RUN cd /usr/share && \