diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 3a4e5bb88e..b17b6bdc61 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends},
 # ruby-elasticsearch-model (>= 0.1.9~), embedded
  ruby-elasticsearch (>= 5.0.3~),
 # ruby-elasticsearch-rails (>= 0.1.9~), embedded
- ruby-elasticsearch-api (>= 5.0.3~),
+ ruby-elasticsearch-api (>= 6.8~),
  ruby-aws-sdk (>= 2.9.32-2~),
 # ruby-faraday-middleware-aws-signers-v4, embedded
 # Markdown and HTML processing