diff --git a/indexer-core/src/main/java/org/opengroup/osdu/indexer/service/IndexerMappingServiceImpl.java b/indexer-core/src/main/java/org/opengroup/osdu/indexer/service/IndexerMappingServiceImpl.java
index 13b9e50d221e1147f9eb33f005864b88c83b9ef4..95f1c504f9eca6e03027fd4e14e8389fb8cb61bc 100644
--- a/indexer-core/src/main/java/org/opengroup/osdu/indexer/service/IndexerMappingServiceImpl.java
+++ b/indexer-core/src/main/java/org/opengroup/osdu/indexer/service/IndexerMappingServiceImpl.java
@@ -23,14 +23,14 @@ import java.util.Set;
 import javax.inject.Inject;
 import org.apache.http.HttpStatus;
 import org.elasticsearch.ElasticsearchException;
-import org.elasticsearch.action.admin.indices.mapping.get.GetFieldMappingsRequest;
-import org.elasticsearch.action.admin.indices.mapping.get.GetFieldMappingsResponse;
-import org.elasticsearch.action.admin.indices.mapping.put.PutMappingRequest;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.support.master.AcknowledgedResponse;
 import org.elasticsearch.client.Request;
 import org.elasticsearch.client.RequestOptions;
 import org.elasticsearch.client.Response;
 import org.elasticsearch.client.RestHighLevelClient;
+import org.elasticsearch.client.indices.GetFieldMappingsRequest;
+import org.elasticsearch.client.indices.GetFieldMappingsResponse;
+import org.elasticsearch.client.indices.PutMappingRequest;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.unit.TimeValue;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentType;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.reindex.BulkByScrollResponse;
@@ -183,12 +183,10 @@ public class IndexerMappingServiceImpl extends MappingServiceImpl implements Ind
         try {
             GetFieldMappingsResponse response = client.indices().getFieldMapping(request, RequestOptions.DEFAULT);
             if (response != null && !response.mappings().isEmpty()) {
-                final Map<String, Map<String, Map<String, GetFieldMappingsResponse.FieldMappingMetadata>>> mappings = response.mappings();
+                final Map<String, Map<String, GetFieldMappingsResponse.FieldMappingMetadata>> mappings = response.mappings();
                 for (String index : indices) {
-                    //extract mapping of each index
-                    final Map<String, Map<String, GetFieldMappingsResponse.FieldMappingMetadata>> indexMapping = mappings.get(index);
-                    if (indexMapping != null && !indexMapping.isEmpty()) {
-                        indexMappingMap.put(index, indexMapping);
+                    if (mappings != null && !mappings.isEmpty()) {
+                        indexMappingMap.put(index, mappings);
                     }
                 }
             }
@@ -207,9 +205,8 @@ public class IndexerMappingServiceImpl extends MappingServiceImpl implements Ind
         	log.error(String.format("Could not find type of the mappings for index: %s.", index));
             return false;
         }
-        
-        request.type(type);
-        request.timeout(REQUEST_TIMEOUT);
+
+        request.setTimeout(REQUEST_TIMEOUT);
         Map<String, GetFieldMappingsResponse.FieldMappingMetadata> metaData = indexMapping.get(type);
         if(metaData==null || metaData.get("data." + fieldName)==null) {
             log.error(String.format("Could not find field: %s in the mapping of index: %s.", fieldName, index));
@@ -316,9 +313,8 @@ public class IndexerMappingServiceImpl extends MappingServiceImpl implements Ind
         try {
             if (mapping != null) {
                 PutMappingRequest request = new PutMappingRequest(index);
-                request.type(type);
                 request.source(mapping, XContentType.JSON);
-                request.timeout(REQUEST_TIMEOUT);
+                request.setTimeout(REQUEST_TIMEOUT);
                 AcknowledgedResponse response = client.indices().putMapping(request, RequestOptions.DEFAULT);
                 return response.isAcknowledged();
             }
diff --git a/indexer-core/src/main/java/org/opengroup/osdu/indexer/service/IndexerServiceImpl.java b/indexer-core/src/main/java/org/opengroup/osdu/indexer/service/IndexerServiceImpl.java
index 36f91af2405098e188a4113b009e165dfd4500be..1472d240a466464d825b77b9d2acc695f68b17fa 100644
--- a/indexer-core/src/main/java/org/opengroup/osdu/indexer/service/IndexerServiceImpl.java
+++ b/indexer-core/src/main/java/org/opengroup/osdu/indexer/service/IndexerServiceImpl.java
@@ -368,10 +368,10 @@ public class IndexerServiceImpl implements IndexerService {
             String index = this.elasticIndexNameResolver.getIndexNameFromKind(record.getKind());
 
             if (operation == OperationType.create) {
-                IndexRequest indexRequest = new IndexRequest(index, record.getType(), record.getId()).source(this.gson.toJson(sourceMap), XContentType.JSON);
+                IndexRequest indexRequest = new IndexRequest(index).id(record.getId()).source(this.gson.toJson(sourceMap), XContentType.JSON);
                 bulkRequest.add(indexRequest);
             } else if (operation == OperationType.update) {
-                UpdateRequest updateRequest = new UpdateRequest(index, record.getType(), record.getId()).upsert(this.gson.toJson(sourceMap), XContentType.JSON);
+                UpdateRequest updateRequest = new UpdateRequest(index, record.getId()).upsert(this.gson.toJson(sourceMap), XContentType.JSON);
                 bulkRequest.add(updateRequest);
             }
         }
@@ -385,13 +385,10 @@ public class IndexerServiceImpl implements IndexerService {
 
         for (Map.Entry<String, List<String>> record : deleteRecordMap.entrySet()) {
 
-            String[] kindParts = record.getKey().split(":");
-            String type = kindParts[2];
-
             String index = this.elasticIndexNameResolver.getIndexNameFromKind(record.getKey());
 
             for (String id : record.getValue()) {
-                DeleteRequest deleteRequest = new DeleteRequest(index, type, id);
+                DeleteRequest deleteRequest = new DeleteRequest(index, id);
                 bulkRequest.add(deleteRequest);
             }
         }
@@ -406,8 +403,6 @@ public class IndexerServiceImpl implements IndexerService {
         List<String> failureRecordIds = new LinkedList<>();
         if (bulkRequest.numberOfActions() == 0) return failureRecordIds;
 
-
-
         try {
             BulkResponse bulkResponse = restClient.bulk(bulkRequest, RequestOptions.DEFAULT);
 
diff --git a/indexer-core/src/main/java/org/opengroup/osdu/indexer/service/IndicesServiceImpl.java b/indexer-core/src/main/java/org/opengroup/osdu/indexer/service/IndicesServiceImpl.java
index 972cb01025549c09869e85a2cee73406e4252dd5..ec68f6cccbdc88ea0f8a605c90f301fba53e56bc 100644
--- a/indexer-core/src/main/java/org/opengroup/osdu/indexer/service/IndicesServiceImpl.java
+++ b/indexer-core/src/main/java/org/opengroup/osdu/indexer/service/IndicesServiceImpl.java
@@ -22,9 +22,7 @@ import org.apache.http.HttpStatus;
 import org.apache.http.util.EntityUtils;
 import org.elasticsearch.ElasticsearchException;
 import org.elasticsearch.ElasticsearchStatusException;
-
 import org.elasticsearch.action.admin.indices.delete.DeleteIndexRequest;
-import org.elasticsearch.action.admin.indices.get.GetIndexRequest;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.support.master.AcknowledgedResponse;
 import org.elasticsearch.client.Request;
 import org.elasticsearch.client.RequestOptions;
@@ -32,6 +30,7 @@ import org.elasticsearch.client.Response;
 import org.elasticsearch.client.RestHighLevelClient;
 import org.elasticsearch.client.indices.CreateIndexRequest;
 import org.elasticsearch.client.indices.CreateIndexResponse;
+import org.elasticsearch.client.indices.GetIndexRequest;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.unit.TimeValue;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentType;
@@ -96,6 +95,7 @@ public class IndicesServiceImpl implements IndicesService {
                 String mappingJsonString = new Gson().toJson(mapping, Map.class);
                 request.mapping(mappingJsonString,XContentType.JSON);
             }
+            request.setTimeout(REQUEST_TIMEOUT);
             CreateIndexResponse response = client.indices().create(request, RequestOptions.DEFAULT);
             // cache the index status
             boolean indexStatus = response.isAcknowledged() && response.isShardsAcknowledged();
@@ -129,8 +129,7 @@ public class IndicesServiceImpl implements IndicesService {
                 //In case the format of cache changes then clean the cache
                 this.indicesExistCache.delete(index);
             }
-            GetIndexRequest request = new GetIndexRequest();
-            request.indices(index);
+            GetIndexRequest request = new GetIndexRequest(index);
             boolean exists = client.indices().exists(request, RequestOptions.DEFAULT);
             if (exists) this.indicesExistCache.put(index, true);
             return exists;
diff --git a/indexer-core/src/main/java/org/opengroup/osdu/indexer/service/MappingServiceImpl.java b/indexer-core/src/main/java/org/opengroup/osdu/indexer/service/MappingServiceImpl.java
index 6b52cc19b4a8e9f56339ce41bebfc79db0aa0c54..3f067f74ef2e7cf7762f196d428fd7b4f889fed2 100644
--- a/indexer-core/src/main/java/org/opengroup/osdu/indexer/service/MappingServiceImpl.java
+++ b/indexer-core/src/main/java/org/opengroup/osdu/indexer/service/MappingServiceImpl.java
@@ -15,10 +15,10 @@
 package org.opengroup.osdu.indexer.service;
 
 import org.apache.http.HttpStatus;
-import org.elasticsearch.action.admin.indices.mapping.get.GetMappingsRequest;
-import org.elasticsearch.action.admin.indices.mapping.get.GetMappingsResponse;
 import org.elasticsearch.client.RequestOptions;
 import org.elasticsearch.client.RestHighLevelClient;
+import org.elasticsearch.client.indices.GetMappingsRequest;
+import org.elasticsearch.client.indices.GetMappingsResponse;
 import org.opengroup.osdu.core.common.model.http.AppException;
 import org.opengroup.osdu.core.common.search.ElasticIndexNameResolver;
 import org.opengroup.osdu.core.common.search.IndicesService;
diff --git a/testing/indexer-test-core/src/main/java/org/opengroup/osdu/common/RecordSteps.java b/testing/indexer-test-core/src/main/java/org/opengroup/osdu/common/RecordSteps.java
index 716b6e08d9ad0ac4e4fd31549746bcc5ef94f20c..c040e0d09881cf9c5c8cb5b80e929e1585c1e9ae 100644
--- a/testing/indexer-test-core/src/main/java/org/opengroup/osdu/common/RecordSteps.java
+++ b/testing/indexer-test-core/src/main/java/org/opengroup/osdu/common/RecordSteps.java
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import com.sun.jersey.api.client.ClientResponse;
 import cucumber.api.DataTable;
 import lombok.extern.java.Log;
 import org.elasticsearch.cluster.metadata.MappingMetadata;
-import org.elasticsearch.common.collect.ImmutableOpenMap;
 import org.opengroup.osdu.core.common.model.entitlements.Acl;
 import org.opengroup.osdu.models.Setup;
 import org.opengroup.osdu.models.TestIndex;
@@ -118,7 +117,7 @@ public class RecordSteps extends TestsBase {
 
     public void i_should_get_the_elastic_for_the_tenant_testindex_timestamp_well_in_the_Elastic_Search(String expectedMapping, String type, String index) throws Throwable {
         index = generateActualName(index, timeStamp);
-        ImmutableOpenMap<String, MappingMetadata> elasticMapping = elasticUtils.getMapping(index);
+        Map<String, MappingMetadata> elasticMapping = elasticUtils.getMapping(index);
         assertNotNull(elasticMapping);
 
         MappingMetadata typeMapping = elasticMapping.get(type);
diff --git a/testing/indexer-test-core/src/main/java/org/opengroup/osdu/util/ElasticUtils.java b/testing/indexer-test-core/src/main/java/org/opengroup/osdu/util/ElasticUtils.java
index d72de5ea9e57ace7e65b0dc8b6d55a605c91898c..43a8d1b9cee47eb7cdc9e2397ba9206adc68870c 100644
--- a/testing/indexer-test-core/src/main/java/org/opengroup/osdu/util/ElasticUtils.java
+++ b/testing/indexer-test-core/src/main/java/org/opengroup/osdu/util/ElasticUtils.java
@@ -33,12 +33,7 @@ import org.apache.http.ssl.SSLContextBuilder;
 import org.elasticsearch.ElasticsearchException;
 import org.elasticsearch.ElasticsearchStatusException;
 import org.elasticsearch.client.indices.CloseIndexRequest;
-import org.elasticsearch.action.admin.indices.create.CreateIndexRequest;
-import org.elasticsearch.action.admin.indices.create.CreateIndexResponse;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.admin.indices.delete.DeleteIndexRequest;
-import org.elasticsearch.action.admin.indices.get.GetIndexRequest;
-import org.elasticsearch.action.admin.indices.mapping.get.GetMappingsRequest;
-import org.elasticsearch.action.admin.indices.mapping.get.GetMappingsResponse;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.admin.indices.refresh.RefreshRequest;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.admin.indices.refresh.RefreshResponse;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.bulk.BulkRequest;
@@ -48,6 +43,11 @@ import org.elasticsearch.action.search.SearchRequest;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.search.SearchResponse;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.support.master.AcknowledgedResponse;
 import org.elasticsearch.client.*;
+import org.elasticsearch.client.indices.CreateIndexRequest;
+import org.elasticsearch.client.indices.CreateIndexResponse;
+import org.elasticsearch.client.indices.GetIndexRequest;
+import org.elasticsearch.client.indices.GetMappingsRequest;
+import org.elasticsearch.client.indices.GetMappingsResponse;
 import org.elasticsearch.cluster.metadata.MappingMetadata;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.collect.ImmutableOpenMap;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
@@ -99,9 +99,9 @@ public class ElasticUtils {
 
                 // creating index + add mapping to the index
                 log.info("Creating index with name: " + index);
-                CreateIndexRequest request = new CreateIndexRequest(index, settings);
+                CreateIndexRequest request = new CreateIndexRequest(index).settings(settings);
                 request.source("{\"mappings\":" + mapping + "}", XContentType.JSON);
-                request.timeout(REQUEST_TIMEOUT);
+                request.setTimeout(REQUEST_TIMEOUT);
                 CreateIndexResponse response = client.indices().create(request, RequestOptions.DEFAULT);
 
                 //wait for ack
@@ -234,13 +234,13 @@ public class ElasticUtils {
         }
     }
 
-    public ImmutableOpenMap<String, MappingMetadata> getMapping(String index) throws IOException {
+    public Map<String, MappingMetadata> getMapping(String index) throws IOException {
         try (RestHighLevelClient client = this.createClient(username, password, host)) {
             GetMappingsRequest request = new GetMappingsRequest();
             request.indices(index);
             GetMappingsResponse response = client.indices().getMapping(request, RequestOptions.DEFAULT);
-            ImmutableOpenMap<String, ImmutableOpenMap<String, MappingMetadata>> allMappings = response.mappings();
-            return allMappings.get(index);
+            Map<String, MappingMetadata> mappings = response.mappings();
+            return mappings;
         }
     }
 
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ public class ElasticUtils {
             for (Map<String, Object> record : testRecords) {
                 String id = (String) record.get("id");
                 Map<String, Object> mapData = gson.fromJson(gson.toJson(record), Map.class);
-                IndexRequest indexRequest = new IndexRequest(index, kind.split(":")[2], id).source(mapData);
+                IndexRequest indexRequest = new IndexRequest(index).id(id).source(mapData);
                 dataList.add(indexRequest);
             }
         } catch (Exception e) {
@@ -362,8 +362,7 @@ public class ElasticUtils {
 
     private boolean createRestClientAndCheckIndexExist(String index) {
         try (RestHighLevelClient client = this.createClient(username, password, host)) {
-            GetIndexRequest request = new GetIndexRequest();
-            request.indices(index);
+            GetIndexRequest request = new GetIndexRequest(index);
             return client.indices().exists(request, RequestOptions.DEFAULT);
         } catch (IOException e) {
             log.log(Level.INFO, String.format("Error getting index: %s %s", index, e.getMessage()));