diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index e180820d..ec0cfe9d 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import java.nio.file.Paths
 
 buildscript {
     ext {
-        opensearch_version = System.getProperty("opensearch.version", "3.3.0-SNAPSHOT")
+        opensearch_version = System.getProperty("opensearch.version", "3.4.0-SNAPSHOT")
         buildVersionQualifier = System.getProperty("build.version_qualifier", "")
         isSnapshot = "true" == System.getProperty("build.snapshot", "true")
         version_tokens = opensearch_version.tokenize('-')