diff --git a/elasticsearch/Dockerfile b/elasticsearch/Dockerfile
index e232e4d5..b837d859 100644
--- a/elasticsearch/Dockerfile
+++ b/elasticsearch/Dockerfile
@@ -2,11 +2,7 @@ FROM itzg/ubuntu-openjdk-7
 
 MAINTAINER itzg
 
-RUN apt-get update && \
-  DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y wget && \
-  apt-get clean
-
-ENV ES_VERSION 1.4.4
+ENV ES_VERSION 1.5.0
 
 RUN wget -qO /tmp/es.tgz https://download.elasticsearch.org/elasticsearch/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-$ES_VERSION.tar.gz && \
   cd /usr/share && \