diff --git a/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/threadpool/ThreadPoolModule.java b/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/threadpool/ThreadPoolModule.java
index 33a5dfa8a6c..9c7f662789c 100644
--- a/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/threadpool/ThreadPoolModule.java
+++ b/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/threadpool/ThreadPoolModule.java
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.inject.Module;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.inject.Modules;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.inject.SpawnModules;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
-import org.elasticsearch.threadpool.scaling.ScalingThreadPoolModule;
+import org.elasticsearch.threadpool.cached.CachedThreadPoolModule;
 
 /**
  * @author kimchy (shay.banon)
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ public class ThreadPoolModule extends AbstractModule implements SpawnModules {
     }
 
     @Override public Iterable<? extends Module> spawnModules() {
-        return ImmutableList.of(Modules.createModule(settings.getAsClass("threadpool.type", ScalingThreadPoolModule.class, "org.elasticsearch.threadpool.", "ThreadPoolModule"), settings));
+        return ImmutableList.of(Modules.createModule(settings.getAsClass("threadpool.type", CachedThreadPoolModule.class, "org.elasticsearch.threadpool.", "ThreadPoolModule"), settings));
     }
 
     @Override protected void configure() {