diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure/pom.xml b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure/pom.xml
index 9eb4274d76..654c17a4a4 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure/pom.xml
@@ -264,6 +264,11 @@
 			<artifactId>jetty-server</artifactId>
 			<optional>true</optional>
 		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.elasticsearch</groupId>
+			<artifactId>elasticsearch</artifactId>
+			<optional>true</optional>
+		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.elasticsearch.client</groupId>
 			<artifactId>elasticsearch-rest-client</artifactId>
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/autoconfigure/elasticsearch/ElasticSearchRestHealthIndicatorAutoConfiguration.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/autoconfigure/elasticsearch/ElasticSearchRestHealthIndicatorAutoConfiguration.java
index c47b934e6d..edfee5e5ed 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/autoconfigure/elasticsearch/ElasticSearchRestHealthIndicatorAutoConfiguration.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/autoconfigure/elasticsearch/ElasticSearchRestHealthIndicatorAutoConfiguration.java
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
  * {@link ElasticsearchRestHealthIndicator} using the {@link RestClient}.
  *
  * @author Artsiom Yudovin
- * @since 2.1.0
+ * @since 2.1.1
  */
 
 @Configuration
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure/src/main/resources/META-INF/spring.factories b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure/src/main/resources/META-INF/spring.factories
index 36341472ca..725355b6b9 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure/src/main/resources/META-INF/spring.factories
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure/src/main/resources/META-INF/spring.factories
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ org.springframework.boot.actuate.autoconfigure.couchbase.CouchbaseHealthIndicato
 org.springframework.boot.actuate.autoconfigure.couchbase.CouchbaseReactiveHealthIndicatorAutoConfiguration,\
 org.springframework.boot.actuate.autoconfigure.elasticsearch.ElasticSearchClientHealthIndicatorAutoConfiguration,\
 org.springframework.boot.actuate.autoconfigure.elasticsearch.ElasticSearchJestHealthIndicatorAutoConfiguration,\
+org.springframework.boot.actuate.autoconfigure.elasticsearch.ElasticSearchRestHealthIndicatorAutoConfiguration,\
 org.springframework.boot.actuate.autoconfigure.endpoint.EndpointAutoConfiguration,\
 org.springframework.boot.actuate.autoconfigure.endpoint.jmx.JmxEndpointAutoConfiguration,\
 org.springframework.boot.actuate.autoconfigure.endpoint.web.WebEndpointAutoConfiguration,\
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/elasticsearch/ElasticsearchRestHealthIndicator.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/elasticsearch/ElasticsearchRestHealthIndicator.java
index fb542496af..267e0fd8ff 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/elasticsearch/ElasticsearchRestHealthIndicator.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/elasticsearch/ElasticsearchRestHealthIndicator.java
@@ -16,11 +16,10 @@
 
 package org.springframework.boot.actuate.elasticsearch;
 
-import java.io.InputStreamReader;
+import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
+import java.util.Map;
 
-import com.google.gson.JsonElement;
-import com.google.gson.JsonParser;
 import org.apache.http.HttpStatus;
 import org.elasticsearch.client.Request;
 import org.elasticsearch.client.Response;
@@ -29,22 +28,29 @@ import org.elasticsearch.client.RestClient;
 import org.springframework.boot.actuate.health.AbstractHealthIndicator;
 import org.springframework.boot.actuate.health.Health;
 import org.springframework.boot.actuate.health.HealthIndicator;
+import org.springframework.boot.json.JsonParser;
+import org.springframework.boot.json.JsonParserFactory;
+import org.springframework.util.StreamUtils;
 
 /**
- * {@link HealthIndicator} for an Elasticsearch cluster by REST.
+ * {@link HealthIndicator} for an Elasticsearch cluster using a {@link RestClient}.
  *
  * @author Artsiom Yudovin
- * @since 2.1.0
+ * @author Brian Clozel
+ * @since 2.1.1
  */
 public class ElasticsearchRestHealthIndicator extends AbstractHealthIndicator {
 
+	private static final String RED_STATUS = "red";
+
 	private final RestClient client;
 
-	private final JsonParser jsonParser = new JsonParser();
+	private final JsonParser jsonParser;
 
 	public ElasticsearchRestHealthIndicator(RestClient client) {
 		super("Elasticsearch health check failed");
 		this.client = client;
+		this.jsonParser = JsonParserFactory.getJsonParser();
 	}
 
 	@Override
@@ -56,12 +62,11 @@ public class ElasticsearchRestHealthIndicator extends AbstractHealthIndicator {
 			builder.down();
 		}
 		else {
-			try (InputStreamReader reader = new InputStreamReader(
-					response.getEntity().getContent(), StandardCharsets.UTF_8)) {
-				JsonElement root = this.jsonParser.parse(reader);
-				JsonElement status = root.getAsJsonObject().get("status");
-				if (status.getAsString()
-						.equals(io.searchbox.cluster.Health.Status.RED.getKey())) {
+			try (InputStream is = response.getEntity().getContent()) {
+				Map<String, Object> root = this.jsonParser
+						.parseMap(StreamUtils.copyToString(is, StandardCharsets.UTF_8));
+				String status = (String) root.get("status");
+				if (status.equals(RED_STATUS)) {
 					builder.outOfService();
 				}
 				else {