diff --git a/system/elasticsearch/elasticsearch.SlackBuild b/system/elasticsearch/elasticsearch.SlackBuild
index 57140d82f5..52399ed13e 100644
--- a/system/elasticsearch/elasticsearch.SlackBuild
+++ b/system/elasticsearch/elasticsearch.SlackBuild
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 #  ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 
 PRGNAM=elasticsearch
-VERSION=${VERSION:-0.90.10}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-1.4.2}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ find -L . \
  \( -perm 777 -o -perm 775 -o -perm 750 -o -perm 711 -o -perm 555 \
   -o -perm 511 \) -exec chmod 755 {} \; -o \
  \( -perm 666 -o -perm 664 -o -perm 640 -o -perm 600 -o -perm 444 \
- -o -perm 440 -o -perm 400 \) -exec chmod 644 {} \;
+  -o -perm 440 -o -perm 400 \) -exec chmod 644 {} \;
 
 mkdir -p $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION
 cp -a LICENSE* NOTICE* README* $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION
diff --git a/system/elasticsearch/elasticsearch.info b/system/elasticsearch/elasticsearch.info
index e53eca045e..de673df40c 100644
--- a/system/elasticsearch/elasticsearch.info
+++ b/system/elasticsearch/elasticsearch.info
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 PRGNAM="elasticsearch"
-VERSION="0.90.10"
+VERSION="1.4.2"
 HOMEPAGE="http://www.elasticsearch.org"
-DOWNLOAD="https://download.elasticsearch.org/elasticsearch/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-0.90.10.tar.gz"
-MD5SUM="a74bbc6f751ef891c0d3f408dad346cb"
+DOWNLOAD="https://download.elasticsearch.org/elasticsearch/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-1.4.2.tar.gz"
+MD5SUM="8766b54a2d9c5349acca19deb958c192"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 REQUIRES="jdk"
diff --git a/system/elasticsearch/rc.elasticsearch b/system/elasticsearch/rc.elasticsearch
index 756f58acc0..24834a3f37 100644
--- a/system/elasticsearch/rc.elasticsearch
+++ b/system/elasticsearch/rc.elasticsearch
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ CONF_FILE=$CONF_DIR/elasticsearch.yml
 PID_FILE=/var/run/$NAME.pid
 DAEMON=$ES_HOME/bin/$NAME
 MAX_OPEN_FILES=65535
-DAEMON_OPTS="-p $PID_FILE -Des.default.config=$CONF_FILE -Des.default.path.home=$ES_HOME -Des.default.path.logs=$LOG_DIR -Des.default.path.data=$DATA_DIR -Des.default.path.work=$WORK_DIR -Des.default.path.conf=$CONF_DIR"
+DAEMON_OPTS="-d -p $PID_FILE --default.config=$CONF_FILE --default.path.home=$ES_HOME --default.path.logs=$LOG_DIR --default.path.data=$DATA_DIR --default.path.work=$WORK_DIR --default.path.conf=$CONF_DIR"
 
 # overwrite settings from default file
 if [ -f "$DEFAULT" ]; then