diff --git a/elasticsearch/Dockerfile b/elasticsearch/Dockerfile
index 245232b2..8d77c0b1 100644
--- a/elasticsearch/Dockerfile
+++ b/elasticsearch/Dockerfile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ FROM itzg/ubuntu-openjdk-7
 
 MAINTAINER itzg
 
-ENV ES_VERSION 1.5.2
+ENV ES_VERSION 1.6.0
 
 RUN wget -qO /tmp/es.tgz https://download.elasticsearch.org/elasticsearch/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-$ES_VERSION.tar.gz && \
   cd /usr/share && \