diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-elasticsearch/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/elasticsearch/package.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-elasticsearch/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/elasticsearch/package.py
index 5b0fb7e6ea..bae644a70b 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-elasticsearch/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/elasticsearch/package.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-elasticsearch/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/elasticsearch/package.py
@@ -13,4 +13,4 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 
 
-_instruments = ("elasticsearch >= 2.0",)
+_instruments = ("elasticsearch >= 6.0",)