diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 8403fee..ca8e374 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@
 /elasticsearch-1.7.0.tar.gz
 /elasticsearch-2.0.0.tar.gz
 /elasticsearch-2.3.0.tar.gz
+/elasticsearch-2.4.0.tar.gz
diff --git a/python-elasticsearch.spec b/python-elasticsearch.spec
index 7c0a2cd..003b126 100644
--- a/python-elasticsearch.spec
+++ b/python-elasticsearch.spec
@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@
 %bcond_without python3
 
 Name:           python-elasticsearch
-Version:        2.3.0
-Release:        4%{?dist}
+Version:        2.4.0
+Release:        1%{?dist}
 Summary:        Client for Elasticsearch
 
 License:        ASL 2.0
 URL:            https://github.com/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-py
-Source0:        https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/e/%{tarball_name}/%{tarball_name}-%{version}.tar.gz
+Source0:        https://pypi.io/packages/source/e/%{tarball_name}/%{tarball_name}-%{version}.tar.gz
 BuildArch:      noarch
 
 BuildRequires:  python2-devel
@@ -73,6 +73,17 @@ rm -fr %{tarball_name}.egg-info
 
 %py2_install
 
+%check
+# * missing requirements for tests: python-nosexcover, python-pyaml
+# we could probably dodge the nosexcover requirement, but pyaml seems
+# harder
+# * tests are not included in the tarball, we would have to add an extra
+# source for them
+# * https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch-py/tree/master/test_elasticsearch
+# also notes that "The tests also rely on a checkout of elasticsearch
+# repository existing on the same level", and it looks like they also
+# require a running elasticsearch server
+
 %files
 %{python2_sitelib}/%{tarball_name}
 %{python2_sitelib}/%{tarball_name}-%{version}-py2.?.egg-info
@@ -88,6 +99,10 @@ rm -fr %{tarball_name}.egg-info
 %endif
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Dec 28 2016 Adam Williamson <awilliam@redhat.com> - 2.4.0-1
+- Update to 2.4.0 (needed for latest elastic-curator)
+- Document missing tests
+
 * Mon Dec 19 2016 Miro Hrončok <mhroncok@redhat.com> - 2.3.0-4
 - Rebuild for Python 3.6
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 9eae24b..f2aa55b 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2550f3b51629cf1ef9636608af92c340  elasticsearch-2.3.0.tar.gz
+SHA512 (elasticsearch-2.4.0.tar.gz) = 7bd536ee9a8073a8deef0d37fac43e5b1c274722ac3849694fc9dee374925c6575515fbd277d4eb2a9ce074d15216b2939e61361f78a0d7390d064e9cfc18705