diff --git a/exporter/elasticsearchexporter/go.mod b/exporter/elasticsearchexporter/go.mod
index f4dc906ce606..b8e7d3ba27a5 100644
--- a/exporter/elasticsearchexporter/go.mod
+++ b/exporter/elasticsearchexporter/go.mod
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ go 1.17
 
 require (
 	github.com/cenkalti/backoff/v4 v4.1.1
-	github.com/elastic/go-elasticsearch/v7 v7.15.1
+	github.com/elastic/go-elasticsearch/v7 v7.16.0
 	github.com/elastic/go-structform v0.0.9
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector v0.38.1-0.20211103215828-cffbecb2ac9e
diff --git a/exporter/elasticsearchexporter/go.sum b/exporter/elasticsearchexporter/go.sum
index 125e98d4bd7d..873cff418b2f 100644
--- a/exporter/elasticsearchexporter/go.sum
+++ b/exporter/elasticsearchexporter/go.sum
@@ -86,8 +86,8 @@ github.com/creack/pty v1.1.9/go.mod h1:oKZEueFk5CKHvIhNR5MUki03XCEU+Q6VDXinZuGJ3
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.0/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 h1:vj9j/u1bqnvCEfJOwUhtlOARqs3+rkHYY13jYWTU97c=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
-github.com/elastic/go-elasticsearch/v7 v7.15.1 h1:Wd8RLHb5D8xPBU8vGlnLXyflkso9G+rCmsXjqH8LLQQ=
-github.com/elastic/go-elasticsearch/v7 v7.15.1/go.mod h1:OJ4wdbtDNk5g503kvlHLyErCgQwwzmDtaFC4XyOxXA4=
+github.com/elastic/go-elasticsearch/v7 v7.16.0 h1:GHsxDFXIAlhSleXun4kwA89P7kQFADRChqvgOPeYP5A=
+github.com/elastic/go-elasticsearch/v7 v7.16.0/go.mod h1:OJ4wdbtDNk5g503kvlHLyErCgQwwzmDtaFC4XyOxXA4=
 github.com/elastic/go-structform v0.0.9 h1:HpcS7xljL4kSyUfDJ8cXTJC6rU5ChL1wYb6cx3HLD+o=
 github.com/elastic/go-structform v0.0.9/go.mod h1:CZWf9aIRYY5SuKSmOhtXScE5uQiLZNqAFnwKR4OrIM4=
 github.com/envoyproxy/go-control-plane v0.9.0/go.mod h1:YTl/9mNaCwkRvm6d1a2C3ymFceY/DCBVvsKhRF0iEA4=