diff --git a/tasks/elasticsearch-Debian.yml b/tasks/elasticsearch-Debian.yml
index 4e535ca..4e77ae4 100644
--- a/tasks/elasticsearch-Debian.yml
+++ b/tasks/elasticsearch-Debian.yml
@@ -3,8 +3,13 @@
   apt_key: url="http://packages.elasticsearch.org/GPG-KEY-elasticsearch" state=present
 - name: Debian - add elasticsearch repository
   apt_repository: repo="deb http://packages.elastic.co/elasticsearch/{{ es_major_version }}/debian stable main" state=present
-- name: Debian - Ensure elasticsearch is installed.
+- name: Debian - Ensure elasticsearch is installed with minor version supplied.
   apt: name=elasticsearch={{ es_version }} state=present cache_valid_time=86400
+  when: es_version != ""
+  register: elasticsearch_install
+- name: Debian - Ensure elasticsearch is installed without minor version supplied.
+  apt: name=elasticsearch state=present cache_valid_time=86400
+  when: es_version == ""
   register: elasticsearch_install
 
 - name: Debian - configure memory
diff --git a/tasks/elasticsearch-RedHat.yml b/tasks/elasticsearch-RedHat.yml
index 68b9727..04de2b5 100644
--- a/tasks/elasticsearch-RedHat.yml
+++ b/tasks/elasticsearch-RedHat.yml
@@ -4,9 +4,14 @@
   when: ( ansible_distribution == "CentOS" ) and ( ansible_distribution_major_version == "6" )
 - name: RedHat - add Elasticsearch repo
   template: src=elasticsearch.repo dest=/etc/yum.repos.d/elasticsearch-{{ es_major_version }}.repo
-- name: RedHat - Install Elasticsearch
+- name: RedHat - Install Elasticsearch with minor version supplied
+  when: es_version != ""
   yum: name=elasticsearch-{{ es_version }} state=present update_cache=yes
   register: elasticsearch_install
+- name: RedHat - Install Elasticsearch without minor version supplied
+  when: es_version == ""
+  yum: name=elasticsearch state=present update_cache=yes
+  register: elasticsearch_install
 
 - name: RedHat - configure memory
   lineinfile: dest=/etc/sysconfig/elasticsearch regexp="^ES_HEAP_SIZE" insertafter="^#ES_HEAP_SIZE" line="ES_HEAP_SIZE={{ es_heap_size }}"