diff --git a/qa/wildfly/build.gradle b/qa/wildfly/build.gradle
index dcbf5253bb085..bcb55079b8269 100644
--- a/qa/wildfly/build.gradle
+++ b/qa/wildfly/build.gradle
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ dependencies {
     compile "com.fasterxml.jackson.module:jackson-module-jaxb-annotations:${versions.jackson}"
     compile "org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-api:${versions.log4j}"
     compile "org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-core:${versions.log4j}"
-    compile project(path: ':client:transport', configuration: 'runtime')
+    compile project(path: ':client:rest-high-level')
     wildfly "org.jboss:wildfly:${wildflyVersion}@zip"
     testCompile "org.elasticsearch.test:framework:${VersionProperties.elasticsearch}"
 }
@@ -93,8 +93,7 @@ task writeElasticsearchProperties {
         final File elasticsearchProperties = file("${wildflyInstall}/standalone/configuration/elasticsearch.properties")
         elasticsearchProperties.write(
                 [
-                        "transport.uri=${-> integTest.getNodes().get(0).transportUri()}",
-                        "cluster.name=${-> integTest.getNodes().get(0).clusterName}"
+                        "http.uri=${-> integTest.getNodes().get(0).httpUri()}"
                 ].join("\n"))
     }
 }
@@ -167,7 +166,7 @@ task startWildfly {
     }
 }
 
-task configureTransportClient(type: LoggedExec) {
+task configureClient(type: LoggedExec) {
     dependsOn startWildfly
     // we skip these tests on Windows so we do not need to worry about compatibility here
     commandLine "${wildflyInstall}/bin/jboss-cli.sh",
@@ -182,7 +181,7 @@ task stopWildfly(type: LoggedExec) {
 }
 
 if (!Os.isFamily(Os.FAMILY_WINDOWS)) {
-    integTestRunner.dependsOn(configureTransportClient)
+    integTestRunner.dependsOn(configureClient)
     final TaskExecutionAdapter logDumpListener = new TaskExecutionAdapter() {
         @Override
         void afterExecute(final Task task, final TaskState state) {
diff --git a/qa/wildfly/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/wildfly/transport/TransportClientActivator.java b/qa/wildfly/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/wildfly/transport/RestHighLevelClientActivator.java
similarity index 87%
rename from qa/wildfly/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/wildfly/transport/TransportClientActivator.java
rename to qa/wildfly/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/wildfly/transport/RestHighLevelClientActivator.java
index 881b263f35b97..c860f9e5e1bf7 100644
--- a/qa/wildfly/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/wildfly/transport/TransportClientActivator.java
+++ b/qa/wildfly/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/wildfly/transport/RestHighLevelClientActivator.java
@@ -26,11 +26,11 @@
 import java.util.Set;
 
 @ApplicationPath("/transport")
-public class TransportClientActivator extends Application {
+public class RestHighLevelClientActivator extends Application {
 
     @Override
     public Set<Class<?>> getClasses() {
-        return Collections.singleton(TransportClientEmployeeResource.class);
+        return Collections.singleton(RestHighLevelClientEmployeeResource.class);
     }
 
 }
diff --git a/qa/wildfly/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/wildfly/transport/TransportClientEmployeeResource.java b/qa/wildfly/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/wildfly/transport/RestHighLevelClientEmployeeResource.java
similarity index 84%
rename from qa/wildfly/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/wildfly/transport/TransportClientEmployeeResource.java
rename to qa/wildfly/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/wildfly/transport/RestHighLevelClientEmployeeResource.java
index 4008bf8801a55..d99810a9638cc 100644
--- a/qa/wildfly/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/wildfly/transport/TransportClientEmployeeResource.java
+++ b/qa/wildfly/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/wildfly/transport/RestHighLevelClientEmployeeResource.java
@@ -19,9 +19,12 @@
 
 package org.elasticsearch.wildfly.transport;
 
+import org.elasticsearch.action.get.GetRequest;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.get.GetResponse;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.index.IndexRequest;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.index.IndexResponse;
-import org.elasticsearch.client.transport.TransportClient;
+import org.elasticsearch.client.RequestOptions;
+import org.elasticsearch.client.RestHighLevelClient;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentBuilder;
 import org.elasticsearch.wildfly.model.Employee;
 
@@ -33,7 +36,6 @@
 import javax.ws.rs.Produces;
 import javax.ws.rs.core.MediaType;
 import javax.ws.rs.core.Response;
-
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.net.URI;
 import java.net.URISyntaxException;
@@ -44,17 +46,17 @@
 import static org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentFactory.jsonBuilder;
 
 @Path("/employees")
-public class TransportClientEmployeeResource {
+public class RestHighLevelClientEmployeeResource {
 
     @Inject
-    private TransportClient client;
+    private RestHighLevelClient client;
 
     @GET
     @Path("/{id}")
     @Produces(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
-    public Response getEmployeeById(final @PathParam("id") Long id) {
+    public Response getEmployeeById(final @PathParam("id") Long id) throws IOException {
         Objects.requireNonNull(id);
-        final GetResponse response = client.prepareGet("megacorp", "employee", Long.toString(id)).get();
+        final GetResponse response = client.get(new GetRequest("megacorp", Long.toString(id)), RequestOptions.DEFAULT);
         if (response.isExists()) {
             final Map<String, Object> source = response.getSource();
             final Employee employee = new Employee();
@@ -94,7 +96,10 @@ public Response putEmployeeById(final @PathParam("id") Long id, final Employee e
                 }
             }
             builder.endObject();
-            final IndexResponse response = client.prepareIndex("megacorp", "employee", Long.toString(id)).setSource(builder).get();
+            final IndexRequest request = new IndexRequest("megacorp");
+            request.id(Long.toString(id));
+            request.source(builder);
+            final IndexResponse response = client.index(request, RequestOptions.DEFAULT);
             if (response.status().getStatus() == 201) {
                 return Response.created(new URI("/employees/" + id)).build();
             } else {
diff --git a/qa/wildfly/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/wildfly/transport/TransportClientProducer.java b/qa/wildfly/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/wildfly/transport/RestHighLevelClientProducer.java
similarity index 58%
rename from qa/wildfly/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/wildfly/transport/TransportClientProducer.java
rename to qa/wildfly/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/wildfly/transport/RestHighLevelClientProducer.java
index 7c234bce6cdb7..5d924192342ef 100644
--- a/qa/wildfly/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/wildfly/transport/TransportClientProducer.java
+++ b/qa/wildfly/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/wildfly/transport/RestHighLevelClientProducer.java
@@ -19,46 +19,34 @@
 
 package org.elasticsearch.wildfly.transport;
 
-import org.elasticsearch.client.transport.TransportClient;
+import org.apache.http.HttpHost;
+import org.elasticsearch.client.RestClient;
+import org.elasticsearch.client.RestHighLevelClient;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.SuppressForbidden;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.io.PathUtils;
-import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
-import org.elasticsearch.common.transport.TransportAddress;
-import org.elasticsearch.transport.client.PreBuiltTransportClient;
 
 import javax.enterprise.inject.Produces;
-
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
-import java.net.InetAddress;
 import java.nio.file.Files;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
-import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.Properties;
 
 @SuppressWarnings("unused")
-public final class TransportClientProducer {
+public final class RestHighLevelClientProducer {
 
     @Produces
-    public TransportClient createTransportClient() throws IOException {
+    public RestHighLevelClient createRestHighLevelClient() throws IOException {
         final String elasticsearchProperties = System.getProperty("elasticsearch.properties");
         final Properties properties = new Properties();
 
-        final String transportUri;
-        final String clusterName;
+        final String httpUri;
         try (InputStream is = Files.newInputStream(getPath(elasticsearchProperties))) {
             properties.load(is);
-            transportUri = properties.getProperty("transport.uri");
-            clusterName = properties.getProperty("cluster.name");
+            httpUri = properties.getProperty("http.uri");
         }
 
-        final int lastColon = transportUri.lastIndexOf(':');
-        final String host = transportUri.substring(0, lastColon);
-        final int port = Integer.parseInt(transportUri.substring(lastColon + 1));
-        final Settings settings = Settings.builder().put("cluster.name", clusterName).build();
-        final TransportClient transportClient = new PreBuiltTransportClient(settings, Collections.emptyList());
-        transportClient.addTransportAddress(new TransportAddress(InetAddress.getByName(host), port));
-        return transportClient;
+        return new RestHighLevelClient(RestClient.builder(HttpHost.create(httpUri)));
     }
 
     @SuppressForbidden(reason = "get path not configured in environment")
diff --git a/qa/wildfly/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/wildfly/transport/TransportJacksonJsonProvider.java b/qa/wildfly/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/wildfly/transport/RestHighLevelJacksonJsonProvider.java
similarity index 92%
rename from qa/wildfly/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/wildfly/transport/TransportJacksonJsonProvider.java
rename to qa/wildfly/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/wildfly/transport/RestHighLevelJacksonJsonProvider.java
index 07585780c0665..50568790ca064 100644
--- a/qa/wildfly/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/wildfly/transport/TransportJacksonJsonProvider.java
+++ b/qa/wildfly/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/wildfly/transport/RestHighLevelJacksonJsonProvider.java
@@ -24,5 +24,5 @@
 import javax.ws.rs.ext.Provider;
 
 @Provider
-public class TransportJacksonJsonProvider extends ResteasyJackson2Provider {
+public class RestHighLevelJacksonJsonProvider extends ResteasyJackson2Provider {
 }
diff --git a/qa/wildfly/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/wildfly/WildflyIT.java b/qa/wildfly/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/wildfly/WildflyIT.java
index 9aebffdc4ce3f..28e11f021a1c7 100644
--- a/qa/wildfly/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/wildfly/WildflyIT.java
+++ b/qa/wildfly/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/wildfly/WildflyIT.java
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
 @TestRuleLimitSysouts.Limit(bytes = 14000)
 public class WildflyIT extends LuceneTestCase {
 
-    Logger logger = Logger.getLogger(WildflyIT.class);
+    private Logger logger = Logger.getLogger(WildflyIT.class);
 
     public void testTransportClient() throws URISyntaxException, IOException {
         try (CloseableHttpClient client = HttpClientBuilder.create().build()) {