diff --git a/metadata.rb b/metadata.rb
index 17b585cdd..fc3c3c304 100644
--- a/metadata.rb
+++ b/metadata.rb
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 license          "Apache"
 description      "Installs and configures elasticsearch"
 long_description IO.read(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), 'README.markdown'))
-version          "5.2.2"
+version          "5.2.3"
 
 depends 'ark', '>= 0.2.4'
 
diff --git a/recipes/deb.rb b/recipes/deb.rb
index 27aa952e4..e151329d8 100644
--- a/recipes/deb.rb
+++ b/recipes/deb.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # See <http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/_linux.html>
 
 filename = node['elasticsearch']['deb_url'].split('/').last
+version = File.basename(filename, File.extname(filename)).split('-').last
 
 remote_file "#{Chef::Config['file_cache_path']}/#{filename}" do
   source   node['elasticsearch']['deb_url']
@@ -10,6 +11,7 @@
 
 dpkg_package "#{Chef::Config['file_cache_path']}/#{filename}" do
   action :install
+  version version
   options "--force-confdef"
 end