diff --git a/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/query/NumericRangeFilterBuilder.java b/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/query/NumericRangeFilterBuilder.java
index bdb421e291e..3683fa2e083 100644
--- a/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/query/NumericRangeFilterBuilder.java
+++ b/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/query/NumericRangeFilterBuilder.java
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ public class NumericRangeFilterBuilder extends BaseFilterBuilder {
     /**
      * The to part of the filter query. Null indicates unbounded.
      */
-    public NumericRangeFilterBuilder lte(String to) {
+    public NumericRangeFilterBuilder lte(Object to) {
         this.to = to;
         this.includeUpper = true;
         return this;
diff --git a/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/query/RangeFilterBuilder.java b/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/query/RangeFilterBuilder.java
index 25dcd319363..9f34a7e0b23 100644
--- a/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/query/RangeFilterBuilder.java
+++ b/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/query/RangeFilterBuilder.java
@@ -269,15 +269,6 @@ public class RangeFilterBuilder extends BaseFilterBuilder {
         return this;
     }
 
-    /**
-     * The to part of the filter query. Null indicates unbounded.
-     */
-    public RangeFilterBuilder lte(String to) {
-        this.to = to;
-        this.includeUpper = true;
-        return this;
-    }
-
     /**
      * The to part of the filter query. Null indicates unbounded.
      */