diff --git a/bench/Main.hs b/bench/Main.hs
--- a/bench/Main.hs
+++ b/bench/Main.hs
@@ -15,11 +15,11 @@
 import           Data.Proxy                           (Proxy (..))
 import           System.Random
 import qualified Data.Text                            as T
-import           Database.V1.Bloodhound.Types
+import           Database.Bloodhound.Types
 import           Numeric
 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 import           Katip.Scribes.ElasticSearch
-import           Katip.Scribes.ElasticSearch.Internal (ESV1)
+import           Katip.Scribes.ElasticSearch.Internal (ESV5)
 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 main :: IO ()
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 mkDocIdBenchmark :: Benchmark
 mkDocIdBenchmark = bgroup "mkDocId"
   [
-    bench "mkDocId (randomIO)" $ nfIO (mkDocId (Proxy :: Proxy ESV1))
+    bench "mkDocId (randomIO)" $ nfIO (mkDocId (Proxy :: Proxy ESV5))
   , bench "mkDocId' (shared )" $ nfIO mkDocId'
   ]
 
diff --git a/changelog.md b/changelog.md
--- a/changelog.md
+++ b/changelog.md
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+0.7.0.0
+=======
+* Make compatible with unreleased bloodhound 0.17
+* Deprecate use of ES version 1 which has been removed from bloodhound
+  0.17. All users should move over to ESV5 which should work for
+  versions 5 and up.
+* Default configuration to ESV5
+* Add deprecation warnings for ESV1. Support for ESV1 will be removed
+  in the future.
+
 0.6.0.0
 =======
 * Update to katip-0.8.0.0 `PermitFunc` convention. To update, for
diff --git a/examples/example.hs b/examples/example.hs
--- a/examples/example.hs
+++ b/examples/example.hs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 import           Control.Exception
-import           Database.V5.Bloodhound
+import           Database.Bloodhound
 import           Network.HTTP.Client
 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 import           Katip
diff --git a/katip-elasticsearch.cabal b/katip-elasticsearch.cabal
--- a/katip-elasticsearch.cabal
+++ b/katip-elasticsearch.cabal
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 name:                katip-elasticsearch
 synopsis:            ElasticSearch scribe for the Katip logging framework.
 description:         See README.md for more details.
-version:             0.6.0.0
+version:             0.7.0.0
 license:             BSD3
 license-file:        LICENSE
 author:              Ozgun Ataman, Michael Xavier
@@ -107,8 +107,5 @@
     , stm
     , bytestring
     , tagged
-
-  if flag(lib-Werror)
-    ghc-options: -Wall -Werror
 
   ghc-options: -threaded -rtsopts
diff --git a/src/Katip/Scribes/ElasticSearch.hs b/src/Katip/Scribes/ElasticSearch.hs
--- a/src/Katip/Scribes/ElasticSearch.hs
+++ b/src/Katip/Scribes/ElasticSearch.hs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+{-# LANGUAGE CPP #-}
 -- | Includes a scribe that can be used to log structured, JSON log
 -- messages to ElasticSearch. These logs can be explored easily using
 -- <https://www.elastic.co/products/kibana kibana> or your tool of
@@ -67,12 +68,16 @@
     , essIndexSettings
     , essIndexSharding
     , defaultEsScribeCfg
+#if !MIN_VERSION_bloodhound(0,17,0)
     , defaultEsScribeCfgV1
+#endif
     , defaultEsScribeCfgV5
     -- ** Version-Proxied APIS
     -- $versionproxies
     , defaultEsScribeCfg'
+#if !MIN_VERSION_bloodhound(0,17,0)
     , ESV1
+#endif
     , ESV5
     -- * Utilities
     , mkDocId
diff --git a/src/Katip/Scribes/ElasticSearch/Internal.hs b/src/Katip/Scribes/ElasticSearch/Internal.hs
--- a/src/Katip/Scribes/ElasticSearch/Internal.hs
+++ b/src/Katip/Scribes/ElasticSearch/Internal.hs
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 import           Data.Aeson
 import           Data.ByteString.Lazy                    (ByteString)
 import           Data.List.NonEmpty                      (NonEmpty (..))
-import           Data.Monoid                             ((<>))
+import           Data.Monoid  as Monoid
 import           Data.Text                               (Text)
 import qualified Data.Text                               as T
 import qualified Data.Text.Encoding                      as T
@@ -37,8 +37,12 @@
 import           Data.Typeable                           as Typeable
 import           Data.UUID
 import qualified Data.UUID.V4                            as UUID4
+#if MIN_VERSION_bloodhound(0,17,0)
+import qualified Database.Bloodhound                  as V5
+#else
 import qualified Database.V1.Bloodhound                  as V1
 import qualified Database.V5.Bloodhound                  as V5
+#endif
 import           Network.HTTP.Client
 import           Network.HTTP.Types.Status
 import           Text.Printf                             (printf)
@@ -95,7 +99,7 @@
 --     * DailyIndexSharding
 defaultEsScribeCfg' :: ESVersion v => proxy v -> EsScribeCfg v
 defaultEsScribeCfg' prx = EsScribeCfg {
-      essRetryPolicy     = exponentialBackoff 25000 <> limitRetries 5
+      essRetryPolicy     = exponentialBackoff 25000 Monoid.<> limitRetries 5
     , essQueueSize       = EsQueueSize 1000
     , essPoolSize        = EsPoolSize 2
     , essAnnotateTypes   = False
@@ -104,19 +108,22 @@
     }
 
 
+
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
--- | Alias of 'defaultEsScribeCfgV1' to minimize API
+-- | Alias of 'defaultEsScribeCfgV5' to minimize API
 -- breakage. Previous versions of katip-elasticsearch only supported
--- ES version 1.
-defaultEsScribeCfg :: EsScribeCfg ESV1
-defaultEsScribeCfg = defaultEsScribeCfgV1
+-- ES version 1 and defaulted to it.
+defaultEsScribeCfg :: EsScribeCfg ESV5
+defaultEsScribeCfg = defaultEsScribeCfgV5
 
 
 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+#if !MIN_VERSION_bloodhound(0,17,0)
 -- | EsScribeCfg that will use ElasticSearch V1
 defaultEsScribeCfgV1 :: EsScribeCfg ESV1
 defaultEsScribeCfgV1 = defaultEsScribeCfg' (Typeable.Proxy :: Typeable.Proxy ESV1)
-
+#endif
 
 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 -- | EsScribeCfg that will use ElasticSearch V5
@@ -484,8 +491,11 @@
 
 
 
+#if !MIN_VERSION_bloodhound(0,17,0)
 data ESV1 = ESV1
+{-# DEPRECATED ESV1 "ESV1 is deprecated and removed in bloodhound >= 0.17.0" #-}
 
+
 instance ESVersion ESV1 where
   type BHEnv ESV1 = V1.BHEnv
   type IndexSettings ESV1 = V1.IndexSettings
@@ -524,6 +534,7 @@
     [ "type" .= String  "string"
     , "index" .= String "analyzed"
     ]
+#endif
 
 
 data ESV5 = ESV5
diff --git a/test/Main.hs b/test/Main.hs
--- a/test/Main.hs
+++ b/test/Main.hs
@@ -34,8 +34,12 @@
 import           Data.Time.Calendar.WeekDate
 import           Data.Typeable                           as Typeable
 import qualified Data.Vector                             as V
+#if MIN_VERSION_bloodhound(0,17,0)
+import qualified Database.Bloodhound                     as V5
+#else
 import qualified Database.V1.Bloodhound                  as V1
 import qualified Database.V5.Bloodhound                  as V5
+#endif
 import           Network.HTTP.Client
 import           Network.HTTP.Types.Status
 import           Test.QuickCheck.Instances               ()
@@ -54,8 +58,10 @@
 main = defaultMainWithIngredients ings $ askOption $ \vers -> testGroup "katip-elasticsearch"
   [
     case vers of
-      TestV1 -> esTests (Typeable.Proxy :: Typeable.Proxy ESV1)
-      TestV5 -> esTests (Typeable.Proxy :: Typeable.Proxy ESV5)
+#if !MIN_VERSION_bloodhound(0,17,0)
+    TestV1 -> esTests (Typeable.Proxy :: Typeable.Proxy ESV1)
+#endif
+    TestV5 -> esTests (Typeable.Proxy :: Typeable.Proxy ESV5)
   , typeAnnotatedTests
   , roundToSundayTests
   ]
@@ -64,18 +70,26 @@
 
 
 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-data TestWithESVersion = TestV1
-                       | TestV5
-                       deriving (Typeable)
+data TestWithESVersion = TestV5
+#if !MIN_VERSION_bloodhound(0,17,0)
+                       | TestV1
+#endif
+  deriving (Typeable)
 
 
 instance IsOption TestWithESVersion where
-  defaultValue = TestV1
+  defaultValue = TestV5
+#if !MIN_VERSION_bloodhound(0,17,0)
   parseValue "1" = Just TestV1
+#endif
   parseValue "5" = Just TestV5
   parseValue _   = Nothing
   optionName = Tagged "es-version"
-  optionHelp = Tagged "Version of ES to test against, either 1 or 5, defaulting to 1."
+#if MIN_VERSION_bloodhound(0,17,0)
+  optionHelp = Tagged "Version of ES to test against, either 1 or 5, defaulting to 5."
+#else
+  optionHelp = Tagged "Version of ES to test against, only v5 is supported, but should work for higher versions."
+#endif
 
 
 class ESVersion v => TestESVersion v where
@@ -101,6 +115,7 @@
   searchByIndex :: proxy v -> IndexName v -> Search v -> BH v IO (Response ByteString)
 
 
+#if !MIN_VERSION_bloodhound(0,17,0)
 instance TestESVersion ESV1 where
   type Server ESV1 = V1.Server
   toServer _ = V1.Server
@@ -122,6 +137,7 @@
   refreshIndex _ = V1.refreshIndex
   withBH _ = V1.withBH
   searchByIndex _ = V1.searchByIndex
+#endif
 
 
 instance TestESVersion ESV5 where
