diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/autoconfigure/metrics/export/elastic/ElasticProperties.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/autoconfigure/metrics/export/elastic/ElasticProperties.java
index 5cbb8c4b56..be2eea798b 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/autoconfigure/metrics/export/elastic/ElasticProperties.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/autoconfigure/metrics/export/elastic/ElasticProperties.java
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ public class ElasticProperties extends StepRegistryProperties {
 	/**
 	 * Index to export metrics to.
 	 */
-	private String index = "metrics";
+	private String index = "micrometer-metrics";
 
 	/**
 	 * Index date format used for rolling indices. Appended to the index name.
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-dependencies/build.gradle b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-dependencies/build.gradle
index ff38cd435b..d85ae3926d 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-dependencies/build.gradle
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-dependencies/build.gradle
@@ -1108,7 +1108,7 @@ bom {
 			]
 		}
 	}
-	library("Micrometer", "1.5.5") {
+	library("Micrometer", "1.6.0") {
 		group("io.micrometer") {
 			modules = [
 				"micrometer-registry-stackdriver" {