diff --git a/docs/quickstart.asciidoc b/docs/quickstart.asciidoc
index 61aa73c01..d97bbae85 100644
--- a/docs/quickstart.asciidoc
+++ b/docs/quickstart.asciidoc
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ This section will give you a quick overview of the client and how the major func
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 {
     "require": {
-        "elasticsearch/elasticsearch": "~5.0"
+        "elasticsearch/elasticsearch": "~6.0"
     }
 }
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