diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9a1d887d2..b8e38aee3 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -52,6 +52,11 @@ the appropriate dependency version.
 </repository>
 ```
 
+###Note:
+Spring data elaticsearch 1.0.0.RELEASE version is on elasticsearch 1.1.1 library which uses java 1.6 or later version.
+As latest version of elasticsearch 1.2.x is now supporting java 1.7, future releases of spring data elasticsearch library can be used with Java 7 or later version.
+In order to use with java 6 it has to be with elasticsearch 1.1.x.
+
 ### ElasticsearchRepository
 A default implementation of ElasticsearchRepository, aligning to the generic Repository Interfaces, is provided. Spring can do the Repository implementation for you depending on method names in the interface definition.
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a55d162c0..dcc1c7685 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 
 		<commonscollections>3.2.1</commonscollections>
 		<commonslang>2.6</commonslang>
-		<elasticsearch>1.2.1</elasticsearch>
+		<elasticsearch>1.2.2</elasticsearch>
 		<springdata.commons>1.9.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</springdata.commons>
 
 	</properties>