diff --git a/.github/workflows/pythonpackage.yml b/.github/workflows/pythonpackage.yml
index fc4d4923f..b788f1ce2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pythonpackage.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pythonpackage.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         python-version: [3.6, 3.7]
         mm-extras: ["true", "false"]
-        es_version: [5.6.16, 6.8.10, 7.7.1]
+        es_version: [5.6.16, 6.8.22, 7.16.2]
 
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v2
diff --git a/docker_containers/mindmeld_dep_docker/Dockerfile b/docker_containers/mindmeld_dep_docker/Dockerfile
index 9c8f61206..d393bb48a 100644
--- a/docker_containers/mindmeld_dep_docker/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker_containers/mindmeld_dep_docker/Dockerfile
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@
 # Pull base image.
 FROM ubuntu:18.04
 
-ENV ES_PKG_NAME elasticsearch-7.8.0-linux-x86_64
-ENV ES_FOLDER_NAME elasticsearch-7.8.0
+ENV ES_PKG_NAME elasticsearch-7.16.2-linux-x86_64
+ENV ES_FOLDER_NAME elasticsearch-7.16.2
 
 # System packages
 RUN apt-get update && \
diff --git a/docker_containers/mindmeld_docker/Dockerfile b/docker_containers/mindmeld_docker/Dockerfile
index 3a9484294..b00a74628 100644
--- a/docker_containers/mindmeld_docker/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker_containers/mindmeld_docker/Dockerfile
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@
 # Pull base image.
 FROM ubuntu:18.04
 
-ENV ES_PKG_NAME elasticsearch-7.8.0-linux-x86_64
-ENV ES_FOLDER_NAME elasticsearch-7.8.0
+ENV ES_PKG_NAME elasticsearch-7.16.2-linux-x86_64
+ENV ES_FOLDER_NAME elasticsearch-7.16.2
 
 # System packages
 RUN apt-get update && \
diff --git a/scripts/mindmeld_init.sh b/scripts/mindmeld_init.sh
index 15b098039..5e5445020 100755
--- a/scripts/mindmeld_init.sh
+++ b/scripts/mindmeld_init.sh
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ function check_os_and_execute_deps() {
 			if [[ ($command == "elasticsearch") && ($is_200_ok == 0) ]]; then
 				echo no
 				echo "   " starting elasticsearch ...
-				sudo docker run -d -p 9200:9200 -p 9300:9300 -e "discovery.type=single-node" docker.elastic.co/elasticsearch/elasticsearch:7.8.0
+				sudo docker run -d -p 9200:9200 -p 9300:9300 -e "discovery.type=single-node" docker.elastic.co/elasticsearch/elasticsearch:7.16.2
 			else
 				echo yes
 			fi
@@ -197,8 +197,8 @@ function check_os_and_execute_deps() {
 				elif [[ $command == "pip" ]]; then
 					sudo apt install python-pip
 			  elif [[ $command == "elasticsearch" && NEEDS_ES_DEP_INSTALL == 1 ]]; then
-			    sudo docker pull docker.elastic.co/elasticsearch/elasticsearch:7.8.0
-					sudo docker run -d -p 9200:9200 -p 9300:9300 -e "discovery.type=single-node" docker.elastic.co/elasticsearch/elasticsearch:7.8.0
+			    sudo docker pull docker.elastic.co/elasticsearch/elasticsearch:7.16.2
+					sudo docker run -d -p 9200:9200 -p 9300:9300 -e "discovery.type=single-node" docker.elastic.co/elasticsearch/elasticsearch:7.16.2
 			  elif [[ $command == "virtualenv" ]]; then
 			    sudo apt install virtualenv
 				fi