diff --git a/lib/database/elasticsearch_adapter.js b/lib/database/elasticsearch_adapter.js
index f06702b..68d117e 100644
--- a/lib/database/elasticsearch_adapter.js
+++ b/lib/database/elasticsearch_adapter.js
@@ -391,7 +391,7 @@ ElasticSearchDB.prototype.updateObjects = function(patches, callback) {
 					'def parsed = jsonSlurper.parseText(\''+JSON.stringify(dbObjects[id])+'\');'+
 					'ctx._source = parsed;';
 
-				bulk.push({update: {_type: objectModel, _id: id}});
+				bulk.push({update: {_type: objectModel, _id: id, _retry_on_conflict: 10}});
 				bulk.push({script: script});
 				c();
 			}, function() {