diff --git a/bower.json b/bower.json
index 83f286121937..13ac97eba8fb 100644
--- a/bower.json
+++ b/bower.json
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
     "angular-elastic": "~2.3.3",
     "inflection": "~1.3.5",
     "FileSaver": "*",
-    "elasticsearch": "~2.2.0",
+    "elasticsearch": "*",
     "bluebird": "~2.1.3",
     "lesshat": "~3.0.2"
   },
diff --git a/src/kibana/services/es.js b/src/kibana/services/es.js
index 022ce9945f74..f4eac28bf147 100644
--- a/src/kibana/services/es.js
+++ b/src/kibana/services/es.js
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ define(function (require) {
       if (es) return es;
 
       es = esFactory({
-        host: configFile.elasticsearch
+        host: configFile.elasticsearch,
+        log: 'info'
       });
 
       return es;