diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index d495170d..48490346 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ boto3>=1.4.4
 cffi>=1.11.5
 configparser>=3.5.0
 croniter>=0.3.16
-elasticsearch>=7.0.0,<8.0.0
+elasticsearch==7.0.0
 envparse>=0.2.0
 exotel>=0.1.3
 Jinja2==2.11.3
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 2436ed79..c88e770a 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
         'boto3>=1.4.4',
         'configparser>=3.5.0',
         'croniter>=0.3.16',
-        'elasticsearch>=7.0.0,<8.0.0',
+        'elasticsearch==7.0.0',
         'envparse>=0.2.0',
         'exotel>=0.1.3',
         'jira>=2.0.0',