diff --git a/sdks/java/io/elasticsearch/build.gradle b/sdks/java/io/elasticsearch/build.gradle
index ac9e5e96cf02..8f58e31aee83 100644
--- a/sdks/java/io/elasticsearch/build.gradle
+++ b/sdks/java/io/elasticsearch/build.gradle
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
  */
 
 plugins { id 'org.apache.beam.module' }
-applyJavaNature(automaticModuleName: 'org.apache.beam.sdk.io.elasticsearch')
+applyJavaNature(enableStrictDependencies: true, automaticModuleName: 'org.apache.beam.sdk.io.elasticsearch')
 
 description = "Apache Beam :: SDKs :: Java :: IO :: Elasticsearch"
 ext.summary = "IO to read and write on Elasticsearch"
@@ -25,8 +25,16 @@ ext.summary = "IO to read and write on Elasticsearch"
 dependencies {
   compile library.java.vendored_guava_26_0_jre
   compile project(path: ":sdks:java:core", configuration: "shadow")
-  compile library.java.jackson_databind
+  compile library.java.http_client
+  compile library.java.http_core
   compile library.java.jackson_annotations
+  permitUnusedDeclared library.java.jackson_annotations // BEAM-11761
+  compile library.java.jackson_core
+  compile library.java.jackson_databind
+  compile library.java.joda_time
+  compile library.java.slf4j_api
+  compile "org.apache.httpcomponents:httpasyncclient:4.1.4"
+  compile "org.apache.httpcomponents:httpcore-nio:4.4.12"
   compile "org.elasticsearch.client:elasticsearch-rest-client:7.9.2"
   testCompile project(path: ":sdks:java:io:common", configuration: "testRuntime")
 }