diff --git a/Gemfile.template b/Gemfile.template
index e9c1bb9ee99..8052ed74894 100644
--- a/Gemfile.template
+++ b/Gemfile.template
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ gem "ruby-maven-libs", "~> 3", ">= 3.9.6.1"
 gem "logstash-output-elasticsearch", ">= 11.14.0"
 gem "polyglot", require: false
 gem "treetop", require: false
+gem "faraday", "~> 2", :require => false # due elastic-transport depending faraday '~> 2'
 gem "minitar", "~> 1", :group => :build
 gem "childprocess", "~> 4", :group => :build
 gem "fpm", "~> 1", ">= 1.14.1", :group => :build # compound due to bugfix https://github.com/jordansissel/fpm/pull/1856