diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index b965f50cd468c..22937903a6145 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@elastic/datemath": "5.0.3",
-    "@elastic/elasticsearch": "7.9.1",
+    "@elastic/elasticsearch": "7.10.0-rc.1",
     "@elastic/eui": "29.5.0",
     "@elastic/good": "8.1.1-kibana2",
     "@elastic/numeral": "^2.5.0",
diff --git a/packages/kbn-es/package.json b/packages/kbn-es/package.json
index 6ed3ae2eb2fb7..0f9b917e7f05a 100644
--- a/packages/kbn-es/package.json
+++ b/packages/kbn-es/package.json
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
     "kbn:watch": "node scripts/build --watch"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@elastic/elasticsearch": "7.9.1",
+    "@elastic/elasticsearch": "7.10.0-rc.1",
     "@kbn/dev-utils": "1.0.0",
     "abort-controller": "^3.0.0",
     "chalk": "^4.1.0",
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/apm/scripts/package.json b/x-pack/plugins/apm/scripts/package.json
index c68dc49cd9370..3549f378efced 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/apm/scripts/package.json
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/apm/scripts/package.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   "main": "index.js",
   "license": "MIT",
   "dependencies": {
-    "@elastic/elasticsearch": "7.9.1",
+    "@elastic/elasticsearch": "7.10.0-rc.1",
     "@octokit/rest": "^16.35.0",
     "console-stamp": "^0.2.9",
     "hdr-histogram-js": "^1.2.0"
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 44c59d0264ddf..f936a20dd36ae 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -1244,13 +1244,14 @@
     utility-types "^3.10.0"
     uuid "^3.3.2"
 
-"@elastic/elasticsearch@7.9.1":
-  version "7.9.1"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@elastic/elasticsearch/-/elasticsearch-7.9.1.tgz#40f1c38e8f70d783851c13be78a7cb346891c15e"
-  integrity sha512-NfPADbm9tRK/4ohpm9+aBtJ8WPKQqQaReyBKT225pi2oKQO1IzRlfM+OPplAvbhoH1efrSj1NKk27L+4BCrzXQ==
+"@elastic/elasticsearch@7.10.0-rc.1":
+  version "7.10.0-rc.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@elastic/elasticsearch/-/elasticsearch-7.10.0-rc.1.tgz#c23fc5cbfdb40cf2ce6f9cd796b75940e8c9dc8a"
+  integrity sha512-STaBlEwYbT8yT3HJ+mbO1kx+Kb7Ft7Q0xG5GxZbqbAJ7PZvgGgJWwN7jUg4oKJHbTfxV3lPvFa+PaUK2TqGuYg==
   dependencies:
     debug "^4.1.1"
     decompress-response "^4.2.0"
+    hpagent "^0.1.1"
     ms "^2.1.1"
     pump "^3.0.0"
     secure-json-parse "^2.1.0"
@@ -15100,6 +15101,11 @@ hpack.js@^2.1.6:
     readable-stream "^2.0.1"
     wbuf "^1.1.0"
 
+hpagent@^0.1.1:
+  version "0.1.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/hpagent/-/hpagent-0.1.1.tgz#66f67f16e5c7a8b59a068e40c2658c2c749ad5e2"
+  integrity sha512-IxJWQiY0vmEjetHdoE9HZjD4Cx+mYTr25tR7JCxXaiI3QxW0YqYyM11KyZbHufoa/piWhMb2+D3FGpMgmA2cFQ==
+
 html-element-map@^1.2.0:
   version "1.2.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/html-element-map/-/html-element-map-1.2.0.tgz#dfbb09efe882806af63d990cf6db37993f099f22"