diff --git a/scripts/create_index.js b/scripts/create_index.js
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/scripts/create_index.js
+++ b/scripts/create_index.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 const child_process = require('child_process');
 const config = require('pelias-config').generate();
 const es = require('elasticsearch');
-const SUPPORTED_ES_VERSIONS = '>=6.8.5 || >=7.5.1';
+const SUPPORTED_ES_VERSIONS = '>=6.5.4 || >=7.4.2';
 
 const cli = require('./cli');
 const schema = require('../schema');
Add flexibility regarding older minor ES versions

In order to allow people using reasonably new, but not the newest,
releases on each of our supported Elasticsearch major versions, this
lowers the version requirements sightly.

We may continue to update these versions over time either for increased
flexibility or to reflect features required by Pelias.

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