diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 255f70850..22746e459 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 source 'https://rubygems.org'
 
 gem "rake", "~> 12"
-gem "elasticsearch"
+gem 'elasticsearch', '~> 7.13.2'
 gem "pry"
 gem "ansi"
 gem "cane"
diff --git a/elasticsearch-model/elasticsearch-model.gemspec b/elasticsearch-model/elasticsearch-model.gemspec
index 083938d51..9673e347b 100644
--- a/elasticsearch-model/elasticsearch-model.gemspec
+++ b/elasticsearch-model/elasticsearch-model.gemspec
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.required_ruby_version = '>= 2.4'
 
   s.add_dependency 'activesupport', '> 3'
-  s.add_dependency 'elasticsearch', '~> 7'
+  s.add_dependency 'elasticsearch', '~> 7.13.2'
   s.add_dependency 'hashie'
 
   s.add_development_dependency 'activemodel', '> 3'
diff --git a/elasticsearch-persistence/examples/notes/Gemfile b/elasticsearch-persistence/examples/notes/Gemfile
index ef2c098c4..98a8ad7b1 100644
--- a/elasticsearch-persistence/examples/notes/Gemfile
+++ b/elasticsearch-persistence/examples/notes/Gemfile
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ gem 'oj'
 gem 'hashie'
 
 gem 'patron'
-gem 'elasticsearch'
+gem 'elasticsearch', '~> 7.13.2'
 gem 'elasticsearch-model',       git: 'https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch-rails.git'
 gem 'elasticsearch-persistence', git: 'https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch-rails.git'
 
diff --git a/elasticsearch-rails/lib/rails/templates/01-basic.rb b/elasticsearch-rails/lib/rails/templates/01-basic.rb
index 5e07e14a4..3e628b320 100644
--- a/elasticsearch-rails/lib/rails/templates/01-basic.rb
+++ b/elasticsearch-rails/lib/rails/templates/01-basic.rb
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@
 say_status  "Rubygems", "Adding Elasticsearch libraries into Gemfile...\n", :yellow
 puts        '-'*80, ''; sleep 0.75
 
-gem 'elasticsearch'
+gem 'elasticsearch', '~> 7.13.2'
 gem 'elasticsearch-model', git: 'https://github.com/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-rails.git'
 gem 'elasticsearch-rails', git: 'https://github.com/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-rails.git'