diff --git a/textproc/elasticsearch2/Makefile b/textproc/elasticsearch2/Makefile
index c47ee0d261ba..bc9c9acdc31c 100644
--- a/textproc/elasticsearch2/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/elasticsearch2/Makefile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # $FreeBSD$
 
 PORTNAME=	elasticsearch
-PORTVERSION=	2.4.2
+PORTVERSION=	2.4.4
 CATEGORIES=	textproc java devel
 MASTER_SITES=	http://download.elasticsearch.org/${PORTNAME}/${PORTNAME}/ \
 		http://mirrors.rit.edu/zi/
diff --git a/textproc/elasticsearch2/distinfo b/textproc/elasticsearch2/distinfo
index 9ff39f87a8eb..11a145768fa9 100644
--- a/textproc/elasticsearch2/distinfo
+++ b/textproc/elasticsearch2/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1480690899
-SHA256 (elasticsearch-2.4.2.tar.gz) = 7741a2e78f5f155c5005ba891f9b6e57a4e45178cb540beed101d30517cbe22f
-SIZE (elasticsearch-2.4.2.tar.gz) = 27335824
+TIMESTAMP = 1489437100
+SHA256 (elasticsearch-2.4.4.tar.gz) = 981092e6ca65ba5560b8b97a74e5ed0eb2236e9128efdb85bb652cec340158e2
+SIZE (elasticsearch-2.4.4.tar.gz) = 27343272
diff --git a/textproc/elasticsearch2/files/elasticsearch.in b/textproc/elasticsearch2/files/elasticsearch.in
index 8074bd2cf786..2725ecb5576e 100644
--- a/textproc/elasticsearch2/files/elasticsearch.in
+++ b/textproc/elasticsearch2/files/elasticsearch.in
@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@ if [ -n "$2" ]; then
     profile="$2"
     if [ "x${elasticsearch_profiles}" != "x" ]; then
         pidfile="${_pidprefix}.${profile}.pid"
+	command_args="-d --pidfile=${pidfile}"
         eval elasticsearch_config="\${elasticsearch_${profile}_config:-}"
         if [ "x${elasticsearch_config}" = "x" ]; then
             echo "You must define a configuration  (elasticsearch_${profile}_config)"