diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 986620bf12..0cfd42b963 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,4 +1,10 @@
 
+2.4-715 | 2016-07-23 07:27:05 -0700
+
+  * SQLite writer: Remove unused string formatting function. (Johanna Amann)
+
+  * Deprecated the ElasticSearch log writer. (Johanna Amann)
+
 2.4-709 | 2016-07-15 09:05:20 -0700
 
   * Change Bro's hashing for short inputs and Bloomfilters from H3 to
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 4f9aeb8056..4018f5c2bd 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -197,6 +197,10 @@ Deprecated Functionality
       decode_base64() and encode_base64(), which take an optional
       parameter to change the Base64 alphabet.
 
+    - The ElasticSearch log writer hasn't been maintained for a while
+      and is now deprecated. It will be removed with the next release.
+
+
 Bro 2.4
 =======
 
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index c498937b89..6fa9fc3279 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.4-709
+2.4-715
diff --git a/doc/components/bro-plugins/elasticsearch-deprecated/README.rst b/doc/components/bro-plugins/elasticsearch-deprecated/README.rst
new file mode 120000
index 0000000000..40894dead3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/components/bro-plugins/elasticsearch-deprecated/README.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../../../../aux/plugins/elasticsearch-deprecated/README
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/doc/components/bro-plugins/elasticsearch/README.rst b/doc/components/bro-plugins/elasticsearch/README.rst
deleted file mode 120000
index 8a5b78d689..0000000000
--- a/doc/components/bro-plugins/elasticsearch/README.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-../../../../aux/plugins/elasticsearch/README
\ No newline at end of file