diff --git a/.github/workflows/requirements.txt b/.github/workflows/requirements.txt
index 608a3a058..420cf1388 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/requirements.txt
+++ b/.github/workflows/requirements.txt
@@ -7,5 +7,5 @@ uvicorn==0.11.3
 pymongo==3.10.1
 mongomock==3.19.0
 django==2.2.10
-elasticsearch-dsl==6.4.0
+elasticsearch-dsl==7.1.0
 Jinja2==2.11.1
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 276ef97a2..d977db462 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 mongo_deps = ["pymongo~=3.10", "mongomock~=3.19"]
 server_deps = ["uvicorn", "Jinja2~=2.11"] + mongo_deps
 django_deps = ["django~=2.2,>=2.2.9"]
-elastic_deps = ["elasticsearch-dsl~=6.4"]
+elastic_deps = ["elasticsearch-dsl>=6.4,<8.0"]
 testing_deps = [
     "pytest~=5.3",
     "pytest-cov",