diff --git a/e2e/package.json b/e2e/package.json
index 0ee1b8d0914..9c27ef40253 100644
--- a/e2e/package.json
+++ b/e2e/package.json
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
         "setup": "yarn --silent",
         "test": "TEST_ELASTICSEARCH='true' TEST_KAFKA='true' ts-scripts test --suite e2e --",
         "test:debug": "TEST_ELASTICSEARCH='true' TEST_KAFKA='true' ts-scripts test --suite e2e --debug --",
-        "test:elasticsearch6": "TEST_ELASTICSEARCH='true' TEST_KAFKA='true' ts-scripts test --suite e2e --",
+        "test:elasticsearch6": "TEST_ELASTICSEARCH='true' ELASTICSEARCH_VERSION='6.8.6' TEST_KAFKA='true' ts-scripts test --suite e2e --",
         "test:elasticsearch7": "TEST_ELASTICSEARCH='true' ELASTICSEARCH_VERSION='7.9.3' TEST_KAFKA='true' ts-scripts test --suite e2e --",
         "test:k8s": "TEST_ELASTICSEARCH='true' ELASTICSEARCH_VERSION='7.9.3' TEST_KAFKA='true' TEST_PLATFORM='kubernetes' ts-scripts test --suite e2e --",
         "test:k8sNoBuild": "SKIP_DOCKER_BUILD_IN_E2E='true' TEST_ELASTICSEARCH='true' ELASTICSEARCH_VERSION='7.9.3' TEST_KAFKA='true' TEST_PLATFORM='kubernetes' ts-scripts test --suite e2e --",
diff --git a/packages/elasticsearch-api/package.json b/packages/elasticsearch-api/package.json
index fddd98eeccf..bf7be8a2321 100644
--- a/packages/elasticsearch-api/package.json
+++ b/packages/elasticsearch-api/package.json
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
     "scripts": {
         "test": "TEST_RESTRAINED_ELASTICSEARCH='true' ts-scripts test . --",
         "test:debug": "TEST_RESTRAINED_ELASTICSEARCH='true' ts-scripts test --debug . --",
-        "test:elasticsearch6": "TEST_RESTRAINED_ELASTICSEARCH='true' ts-scripts test . --",
+        "test:elasticsearch6": "TEST_RESTRAINED_ELASTICSEARCH='true' ELASTICSEARCH_VERSION='6.8.6' ts-scripts test . --",
         "test:elasticsearch7": "TEST_RESTRAINED_ELASTICSEARCH='true' ELASTICSEARCH_VERSION='7.9.3' ts-scripts test . --",
         "test:elasticsearch8": "TEST_RESTRAINED_ELASTICSEARCH='true' ELASTICSEARCH_VERSION='8.1.2' ts-scripts test . --",
         "test:opensearch1": "TEST_RESTRAINED_OPENSEARCH='true' ts-scripts test --debug . --",
diff --git a/packages/elasticsearch-store/package.json b/packages/elasticsearch-store/package.json
index 42a1b1c63e2..9b227f21ecd 100644
--- a/packages/elasticsearch-store/package.json
+++ b/packages/elasticsearch-store/package.json
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
         "build:watch": "yarn build --watch",
         "test": "TEST_ELASTICSEARCH='true' ts-scripts test . --",
         "test:debug": "TEST_ELASTICSEARCH='true' ts-scripts test --debug . --",
-        "test:elasticsearch6": "TEST_ELASTICSEARCH='true' ts-scripts test . --",
+        "test:elasticsearch6": "TEST_ELASTICSEARCH='true' ELASTICSEARCH_VERSION='6.8.6' ts-scripts test . --",
         "test:elasticsearch7": "TEST_ELASTICSEARCH='true' ELASTICSEARCH_VERSION='7.9.3' ts-scripts test . --",
         "test:elasticsearch8": "TEST_ELASTICSEARCH='true' ELASTICSEARCH_VERSION='8.1.2' ts-scripts test . --",
         "test:opensearch1": "TEST_OPENSEARCH='true' ts-scripts test . --",
diff --git a/packages/scripts/package.json b/packages/scripts/package.json
index 0b8b5422da1..3c4d3902b6d 100644
--- a/packages/scripts/package.json
+++ b/packages/scripts/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
     "name": "@terascope/scripts",
     "displayName": "Scripts",
-    "version": "1.5.0",
+    "version": "1.5.1",
     "description": "A collection of terascope monorepo scripts",
     "homepage": "https://github.com/terascope/teraslice/tree/master/packages/scripts#readme",
     "bugs": {
diff --git a/packages/scripts/src/helpers/config.ts b/packages/scripts/src/helpers/config.ts
index a1250e87413..df35f1a86cb 100644
--- a/packages/scripts/src/helpers/config.ts
+++ b/packages/scripts/src/helpers/config.ts
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ export const ELASTICSEARCH_HOSTNAME = process.env.ELASTICSEARCH_HOSTNAME || HOST
 export const ELASTICSEARCH_PORT = process.env.ELASTICSEARCH_PORT || '49200';
 export const ELASTICSEARCH_HOST = `http://${ELASTICSEARCH_HOSTNAME}:${ELASTICSEARCH_PORT}`;
 export const ELASTICSEARCH_VERSION = process.env.ELASTICSEARCH_VERSION
-    || __DEFAULT_ELASTICSEARCH6_VERSION;
+    || __DEFAULT_ELASTICSEARCH7_VERSION;
 export const ELASTICSEARCH_DOCKER_IMAGE = process.env.ELASTICSEARCH_DOCKER_IMAGE || 'elasticsearch';
 
 export const RESTRAINED_ELASTICSEARCH_PORT = process.env.RESTRAINED_ELASTICSEARCH_PORT || '49202';
diff --git a/packages/teraslice/package.json b/packages/teraslice/package.json
index 302a26b99b9..e7553228aa6 100644
--- a/packages/teraslice/package.json
+++ b/packages/teraslice/package.json
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
         "start": "node service.js",
         "test": "TEST_ELASTICSEARCH='true' ts-scripts test . --",
         "test:debug": "TEST_ELASTICSEARCH='true' ts-scripts test --debug . --",
-        "test:elasticsearch6": "TEST_ELASTICSEARCH='true' ts-scripts test . --",
+        "test:elasticsearch6": "TEST_ELASTICSEARCH='true' ELASTICSEARCH_VERSION='6.8.6' ts-scripts test . --",
         "test:elasticsearch7": "TEST_ELASTICSEARCH='true' ELASTICSEARCH_VERSION='7.9.3' ts-scripts test . --",
         "test:opensearch1": "TEST_OPENSEARCH='true' ts-scripts test . --",
         "test:opensearch2": "TEST_OPENSEARCH='true' OPENSEARCH_VERSION='2.8.0' ts-scripts test . --",