diff --git a/module/spring-boot-data-elasticsearch/build.gradle b/module/spring-boot-data-elasticsearch/build.gradle
index 2549c15b4b6..0a358304f5e 100644
--- a/module/spring-boot-data-elasticsearch/build.gradle
+++ b/module/spring-boot-data-elasticsearch/build.gradle
@@ -35,8 +35,6 @@ dependencies {
 	optional(project(":module:spring-boot-health"))
 	optional(project(":module:spring-boot-reactor"))
 
-	runtimeOnly("org.elasticsearch.client:elasticsearch-rest-client")
-
 	dockerTestImplementation(project(":core:spring-boot-test"))
 	dockerTestImplementation(project(":test-support:spring-boot-docker-test-support"))
 	dockerTestImplementation(testFixtures(project(":core:spring-boot-autoconfigure")))
diff --git a/platform/spring-boot-dependencies/build.gradle b/platform/spring-boot-dependencies/build.gradle
index 53a4206a094..85f70a1b510 100644
--- a/platform/spring-boot-dependencies/build.gradle
+++ b/platform/spring-boot-dependencies/build.gradle
@@ -365,11 +365,6 @@ bom {
 				managedBy "Spring Data Bom"
 			}
 		}
-		group("org.elasticsearch.client") {
-			modules = [
-				"elasticsearch-rest-client"
-			]
-		}
 		group("co.elastic.clients") {
 			modules = [
 				"elasticsearch-java"