diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ece6ff8a089..8744451807b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
     <properties>
         <lucene.version>4.10.2</lucene.version>
         <lucene.maven.version>4.10.2</lucene.maven.version>
-        <elasticsearch.version>1.4.0</elasticsearch.version>
+        <elasticsearch.version>1.4.2</elasticsearch.version>
         <license.plugin.version>1.0.0-beta1</license.plugin.version>
 
         <tests.jvms>auto</tests.jvms>
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/shield/ShieldVersion.java b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/shield/ShieldVersion.java
index a1a0341b799..b53a34da3da 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/shield/ShieldVersion.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/shield/ShieldVersion.java
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ public class ShieldVersion implements Serializable {
     // the (internal) format of the id is there so we can easily do after/before checks on the id
 
     public static final int V_1_0_0_ID = /*00*/1000099;
-    public static final ShieldVersion V_1_0_0 = new ShieldVersion(V_1_0_0_ID, true, Version.V_1_4_0, LicenseVersion.V_1_0_0);
+    public static final ShieldVersion V_1_0_0 = new ShieldVersion(V_1_0_0_ID, true, Version.V_1_4_2, LicenseVersion.V_1_0_0);
 
     public static final ShieldVersion CURRENT = V_1_0_0;
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/shield/authz/InternalAuthorizationService.java b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/shield/authz/InternalAuthorizationService.java
index 254ae800f1e..4978a1a35e1 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/shield/authz/InternalAuthorizationService.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/shield/authz/InternalAuthorizationService.java
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.base.Predicates;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.collect.ImmutableList;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.component.AbstractComponent;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.inject.Inject;
-import org.elasticsearch.common.inject.Provider;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
 import org.elasticsearch.shield.User;
 import org.elasticsearch.shield.audit.AuditTrail;
@@ -32,17 +31,16 @@ import java.util.Set;
  */
 public class InternalAuthorizationService extends AbstractComponent implements AuthorizationService {
 
-    private final Provider<ClusterService> clusterServiceProvider;
+    private final ClusterService clusterService;
     private final RolesStore rolesStore;
     private final AuditTrail auditTrail;
     private final IndicesResolver[] indicesResolvers;
 
     @Inject
-    //TODO replace Provider<ClusterService> with ClusterService once 1.4.1 is out, see https://github.com/elasticsearch/elasticsearch/pull/8415
-    public InternalAuthorizationService(Settings settings, RolesStore rolesStore, Provider<ClusterService> clusterServiceProvider, AuditTrail auditTrail) {
+    public InternalAuthorizationService(Settings settings, RolesStore rolesStore, ClusterService clusterService, AuditTrail auditTrail) {
         super(settings);
         this.rolesStore = rolesStore;
-        this.clusterServiceProvider = clusterServiceProvider;
+        this.clusterService = clusterService;
         this.auditTrail = auditTrail;
         this.indicesResolvers = new IndicesResolver[] {
                 new DefaultIndicesResolver(this)
@@ -65,7 +63,7 @@ public class InternalAuthorizationService extends AbstractComponent implements A
 
         ImmutableList.Builder<String> indicesAndAliases = ImmutableList.builder();
         Predicate<String> predicate = Predicates.or(predicates.build());
-        MetaData metaData = clusterServiceProvider.get().state().metaData();
+        MetaData metaData = clusterService.state().metaData();
         for (String index : metaData.concreteAllIndices()) {
             if (predicate.apply(index)) {
                 indicesAndAliases.add(index);
@@ -181,7 +179,7 @@ public class InternalAuthorizationService extends AbstractComponent implements A
     }
 
     private Set<String> resolveIndices(User user, String action, TransportRequest request) {
-        MetaData metaData = clusterServiceProvider.get().state().metaData();
+        MetaData metaData = clusterService.state().metaData();
 
         // some APIs are indices requests that are not actually associated with indices. For example,
         // search scroll request, is categorized under the indices context, but doesn't hold indices names
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/test/discovery/ClusterDiscoveryConfiguration.java b/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/test/discovery/ClusterDiscoveryConfiguration.java
index f2ae225f237..a55902847fd 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/test/discovery/ClusterDiscoveryConfiguration.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/test/discovery/ClusterDiscoveryConfiguration.java
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ public class ClusterDiscoveryConfiguration extends SettingsSource {
 
     static {
         //see https://github.com/elasticsearch/elasticsearch/pull/8634
-        assert Version.CURRENT.onOrBefore(Version.V_1_4_0) : "Remove this class or bump the version, the required fixes will come with es core 1.5";
+        assert Version.CURRENT.onOrBefore(Version.V_1_4_2) : "Remove this class or bump the version, the required fixes will come with es core 1.5";
     }
 
     static Settings DEFAULT_NODE_SETTINGS = ImmutableSettings.settingsBuilder()