diff --git a/bom/application/pom.xml b/bom/application/pom.xml
index cdff05a48e9b5..10179ece82380 100644
--- a/bom/application/pom.xml
+++ b/bom/application/pom.xml
@@ -98,8 +98,7 @@
         <jboss-transaction-api_1.2_spec.version>1.1.1.Final</jboss-transaction-api_1.2_spec.version>
         <agroal.version>1.14</agroal.version>
         <jboss-transaction-spi.version>7.6.0.Final</jboss-transaction-spi.version>
-        <elasticsearch-rest-client.version>7.16.2</elasticsearch-rest-client.version>
-        <elasticsearch-opensource-components.version>${elasticsearch-rest-client.version}</elasticsearch-opensource-components.version>
+        <elasticsearch-opensource-components.version>7.16.3</elasticsearch-opensource-components.version>
         <!-- for the now proprietary components of Elasticsearch, we use the last Open Source version -->
         <elasticsearch-proprietary-components-keeping-old-opensource-version.version>7.10.2</elasticsearch-proprietary-components-keeping-old-opensource-version.version>
         <rxjava.version>2.2.21</rxjava.version>