diff --git a/plugin/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ml/datafeed/extractor/scroll/ScrollDataExtractor.java b/plugin/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ml/datafeed/extractor/scroll/ScrollDataExtractor.java
index aaee3f2528c..2e0fec5da3e 100644
--- a/plugin/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ml/datafeed/extractor/scroll/ScrollDataExtractor.java
+++ b/plugin/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ml/datafeed/extractor/scroll/ScrollDataExtractor.java
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ package org.elasticsearch.xpack.ml.datafeed.extractor.scroll;
 
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.search.ClearScrollAction;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.search.ClearScrollRequest;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.search.SearchAction;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.search.SearchPhaseExecutionException;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.search.SearchRequestBuilder;
@@ -214,13 +215,15 @@ class ScrollDataExtractor implements DataExtractor {
     }
 
     private void resetScroll() {
-        if (scrollId != null) {
-            clearScroll(scrollId);
-        }
+        clearScroll(scrollId);
         scrollId = null;
     }
 
-    void clearScroll(String scrollId) {
-        ClearScrollAction.INSTANCE.newRequestBuilder(client).addScrollId(scrollId).get();
+    private void clearScroll(String scrollId) {
+        if (scrollId != null) {
+            ClearScrollRequest request = new ClearScrollRequest();
+            request.addScrollId(scrollId);
+            client.execute(ClearScrollAction.INSTANCE, request).actionGet();
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/plugin/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ml/datafeed/extractor/scroll/ScrollDataExtractorTests.java b/plugin/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ml/datafeed/extractor/scroll/ScrollDataExtractorTests.java
index fe900755044..a6de545db92 100644
--- a/plugin/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ml/datafeed/extractor/scroll/ScrollDataExtractorTests.java
+++ b/plugin/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ml/datafeed/extractor/scroll/ScrollDataExtractorTests.java
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@
  */
 package org.elasticsearch.xpack.ml.datafeed.extractor.scroll;
 
+import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionFuture;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.search.ClearScrollAction;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.search.ClearScrollRequest;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.search.ClearScrollResponse;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.search.SearchPhaseExecutionException;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.search.SearchRequestBuilder;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.search.SearchResponse;
@@ -21,6 +25,7 @@ import org.elasticsearch.search.SearchHits;
 import org.elasticsearch.search.builder.SearchSourceBuilder;
 import org.elasticsearch.test.ESTestCase;
 import org.junit.Before;
+import org.mockito.ArgumentCaptor;
 
 import java.io.BufferedReader;
 import java.io.IOException;
@@ -42,6 +47,7 @@ import static java.util.Collections.emptyMap;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.containsString;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.is;
+import static org.mockito.Matchers.same;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
 
@@ -50,7 +56,7 @@ public class ScrollDataExtractorTests extends ESTestCase {
     private Client client;
     private List<SearchRequestBuilder> capturedSearchRequests;
     private List<String> capturedContinueScrollIds;
-    private List<String> capturedClearScrollIds;
+    private ArgumentCaptor<ClearScrollRequest> capturedClearScrollRequests;
     private String jobId;
     private ExtractedFields extractedFields;
     private List<String> types;
@@ -59,6 +65,7 @@ public class ScrollDataExtractorTests extends ESTestCase {
     private List<SearchSourceBuilder.ScriptField> scriptFields;
     private int scrollSize;
     private long initScrollStartTime;
+    private ActionFuture<ClearScrollResponse> clearScrollFuture;
 
     private class TestDataExtractor extends ScrollDataExtractor {
 
@@ -95,11 +102,6 @@ public class ScrollDataExtractorTests extends ESTestCase {
             }
         }
 
-        @Override
-        void clearScroll(String scrollId) {
-            capturedClearScrollIds.add(scrollId);
-        }
-
         void setNextResponse(SearchResponse searchResponse) {
             responses.add(searchResponse);
         }
@@ -118,7 +120,6 @@ public class ScrollDataExtractorTests extends ESTestCase {
         client = mock(Client.class);
         capturedSearchRequests = new ArrayList<>();
         capturedContinueScrollIds = new ArrayList<>();
-        capturedClearScrollIds = new ArrayList<>();
         jobId = "test-job";
         ExtractedField timeField = ExtractedField.newField("time", ExtractedField.ExtractionMethod.DOC_VALUE);
         extractedFields = new ExtractedFields(timeField,
@@ -128,6 +129,10 @@ public class ScrollDataExtractorTests extends ESTestCase {
         query = QueryBuilders.matchAllQuery();
         scriptFields = Collections.emptyList();
         scrollSize = 1000;
+
+        clearScrollFuture = mock(ActionFuture.class);
+        capturedClearScrollRequests = ArgumentCaptor.forClass(ClearScrollRequest.class);
+        when(client.execute(same(ClearScrollAction.INSTANCE), capturedClearScrollRequests.capture())).thenReturn(clearScrollFuture);
     }
 
     public void testSinglePageExtraction() throws IOException {
@@ -164,6 +169,7 @@ public class ScrollDataExtractorTests extends ESTestCase {
         assertThat(capturedContinueScrollIds.size(), equalTo(1));
         assertThat(capturedContinueScrollIds.get(0), equalTo(response1.getScrollId()));
 
+        List<String> capturedClearScrollIds = getCapturedClearScrollIds();
         assertThat(capturedClearScrollIds.size(), equalTo(1));
         assertThat(capturedClearScrollIds.get(0), equalTo(response2.getScrollId()));
     }
@@ -215,6 +221,7 @@ public class ScrollDataExtractorTests extends ESTestCase {
         assertThat(capturedContinueScrollIds.get(0), equalTo(response1.getScrollId()));
         assertThat(capturedContinueScrollIds.get(1), equalTo(response2.getScrollId()));
 
+        List<String> capturedClearScrollIds = getCapturedClearScrollIds();
         assertThat(capturedClearScrollIds.size(), equalTo(1));
         assertThat(capturedClearScrollIds.get(0), equalTo(response3.getScrollId()));
     }
@@ -252,6 +259,7 @@ public class ScrollDataExtractorTests extends ESTestCase {
         assertThat(asString(stream.get()), equalTo(expectedStream));
         assertThat(extractor.hasNext(), is(false));
 
+        List<String> capturedClearScrollIds = getCapturedClearScrollIds();
         assertThat(capturedClearScrollIds.size(), equalTo(1));
         assertThat(capturedClearScrollIds.get(0), equalTo(response2.getScrollId()));
     }
@@ -392,6 +400,7 @@ public class ScrollDataExtractorTests extends ESTestCase {
 
         expectThrows(IOException.class, () -> extractor.next());
 
+        List<String> capturedClearScrollIds = getCapturedClearScrollIds();
         assertThat(capturedClearScrollIds.isEmpty(), is(true));
     }
 
@@ -445,6 +454,7 @@ public class ScrollDataExtractorTests extends ESTestCase {
         assertThat(capturedContinueScrollIds.size(), equalTo(1));
         assertThat(capturedContinueScrollIds.get(0), equalTo(response1.getScrollId()));
 
+        List<String> capturedClearScrollIds = getCapturedClearScrollIds();
         assertThat(capturedClearScrollIds.size(), equalTo(1));
         assertThat(capturedClearScrollIds.get(0), equalTo(response2.getScrollId()));
     }
@@ -500,6 +510,10 @@ public class ScrollDataExtractorTests extends ESTestCase {
         return searchResponse;
     }
 
+    private List<String> getCapturedClearScrollIds() {
+        return capturedClearScrollRequests.getAllValues().stream().map(r -> r.getScrollIds().get(0)).collect(Collectors.toList());
+    }
+
     private static String asString(InputStream inputStream) throws IOException {
         try (BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(inputStream, StandardCharsets.UTF_8))) {
             return reader.lines().collect(Collectors.joining("\n"));