diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index dc0c7ae68..d7c80ef5b 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ jobs:
           command: |
             git clone https://github.com/metacpan/metacpan-docker.git
             cd metacpan-docker
+            git switch oalders/es-5
           name: metacpan-docker checkout
       - checkout:
           path: metacpan-docker/src/metacpan-api
diff --git a/metacpan_server_testing.yaml b/metacpan_server_testing.yaml
index 1d653cac2..17ea898e3 100644
--- a/metacpan_server_testing.yaml
+++ b/metacpan_server_testing.yaml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ port: 5000
 source_base: var/t/tmp/source
 
 elasticsearch_servers:
-  client: '2_0::Direct'
+  client: '5_0::Direct'
   nodes: http://elasticsearch_test:9200
 
 logger: