diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index bc3d45a34..c55d5e70f 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -87,8 +87,8 @@ gem "chartkick"
 # elasticsearch we use
 # See https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch-ruby#compatibility
 gem "elasticsearch-api", "~> 2.0.0"
-gem "elasticsearch-model"
-gem "elasticsearch-rails"
+gem "elasticsearch-model", ">= 5.0.0"
+gem "elasticsearch-rails", ">= 5.0.0"
 gem "hashie", ">= 3.5.3"
 
 gem 'rake', '>= 10.0.0'
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index e19af5749..015c12fb6 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ GEM
       public_suffix (>= 2.0.2, < 4.0)
     arel (6.0.4)
     ast (2.4.0)
-    autoprefixer-rails (8.3.0)
+    autoprefixer-rails (8.3.0.1)
       execjs
     bcrypt (3.1.11)
     better_errors (2.2.0)
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ GEM
     font-awesome-sass (5.0.9)
       sass (>= 3.2)
     formatador (0.2.5)
-    friendly_id (5.2.3)
+    friendly_id (5.2.4)
       activerecord (>= 4.0.0)
     geocoder (1.4.7)
     gibbon (1.2.1)
@@ -367,7 +367,7 @@ GEM
     public_suffix (3.0.2)
     quiet_assets (1.1.0)
       railties (>= 3.1, < 5.0)
-    rack (1.6.9)
+    rack (1.6.10)
     rack-protection (2.0.1)
       rack
     rack-test (0.6.3)
@@ -507,7 +507,7 @@ GEM
     trollop (1.16.2)
     tzinfo (1.2.5)
       thread_safe (~> 0.1)
-    uglifier (4.1.9)
+    uglifier (4.1.10)
       execjs (>= 0.3.0, < 3)
     unicode-display_width (1.3.2)
     unicorn (5.4.0)
@@ -559,8 +559,8 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   database_cleaner
   devise
   elasticsearch-api (~> 2.0.0)
-  elasticsearch-model
-  elasticsearch-rails
+  elasticsearch-model (>= 5.0.0)
+  elasticsearch-rails (>= 5.0.0)
   factory_bot_rails
   faker
   figaro