diff --git a/src/plugins/visualizations/server/usage_collector/get_usage_collector.test.ts b/src/plugins/visualizations/server/usage_collector/get_usage_collector.test.ts
index fd363b3505186..970948fad52cb 100644
--- a/src/plugins/visualizations/server/usage_collector/get_usage_collector.test.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/visualizations/server/usage_collector/get_usage_collector.test.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
  */
 
 import moment from 'moment';
-import { LegacyAPICaller } from 'src/core/server';
+import { ElasticsearchClient } from 'src/core/server';
 import { getStats } from './get_usage_collector';
 
 const defaultMockSavedObjects = [
@@ -120,8 +120,11 @@ const enlargedMockSavedObjects = [
 
 describe('Visualizations usage collector', () => {
   const mockIndex = '';
+
   const getMockCallCluster = (hits: unknown[]) =>
-    (() => Promise.resolve({ hits: { hits } }) as unknown) as LegacyAPICaller;
+    ({
+      search: () => Promise.resolve({ body: { hits: { hits } } }) as unknown,
+    } as ElasticsearchClient);
 
   test('Returns undefined when no results found (undefined)', async () => {
     const result = await getStats(getMockCallCluster(undefined as any), mockIndex);
diff --git a/src/plugins/visualizations/server/usage_collector/get_usage_collector.ts b/src/plugins/visualizations/server/usage_collector/get_usage_collector.ts
index aed9a54dcf01a..83ae67347e915 100644
--- a/src/plugins/visualizations/server/usage_collector/get_usage_collector.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/visualizations/server/usage_collector/get_usage_collector.ts
@@ -18,11 +18,10 @@
  */
 
 import { countBy, get, groupBy, mapValues, max, min, values } from 'lodash';
+import { ElasticsearchClient } from 'kibana/server';
 import { SearchResponse } from 'elasticsearch';
 
-import { LegacyAPICaller } from 'src/core/server';
 import { getPastDays } from './get_past_days';
-
 type ESResponse = SearchResponse<{ visualization: { visState: string } }>;
 
 interface VisSummary {
@@ -47,7 +46,7 @@ export interface VisualizationUsage {
  * Parse the response data into telemetry payload
  */
 export async function getStats(
-  callCluster: LegacyAPICaller,
+  esClient: ElasticsearchClient,
   index: string
 ): Promise<VisualizationUsage | undefined> {
   const searchParams = {
@@ -65,7 +64,7 @@ export async function getStats(
       },
     },
   };
-  const esResponse: ESResponse = await callCluster('search', searchParams);
+  const { body: esResponse } = await esClient.search<ESResponse>(searchParams);
   const size = get(esResponse, 'hits.hits.length', 0);
   if (size < 1) {
     return;
diff --git a/src/plugins/visualizations/server/usage_collector/register_visualizations_collector.test.ts b/src/plugins/visualizations/server/usage_collector/register_visualizations_collector.test.ts
index 380a86e15aa51..5d65666da544d 100644
--- a/src/plugins/visualizations/server/usage_collector/register_visualizations_collector.test.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/visualizations/server/usage_collector/register_visualizations_collector.test.ts
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ describe('registerVisualizationsCollector', () => {
     const mockCollectorFetchContext = createCollectorFetchContextMock();
     const fetchResult = await usageCollector.fetch(mockCollectorFetchContext);
     expect(mockGetStats).toBeCalledTimes(1);
-    expect(mockGetStats).toBeCalledWith(mockCollectorFetchContext.callCluster, mockIndex);
+    expect(mockGetStats).toBeCalledWith(mockCollectorFetchContext.esClient, mockIndex);
     expect(fetchResult).toBe(mockStats);
   });
 });
diff --git a/src/plugins/visualizations/server/usage_collector/register_visualizations_collector.ts b/src/plugins/visualizations/server/usage_collector/register_visualizations_collector.ts
index 4188f564ed5fd..11c562f764ce8 100644
--- a/src/plugins/visualizations/server/usage_collector/register_visualizations_collector.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/visualizations/server/usage_collector/register_visualizations_collector.ts
@@ -41,9 +41,9 @@ export function registerVisualizationsCollector(
         saved_90_days_total: { type: 'long' },
       },
     },
-    fetch: async ({ callCluster }) => {
+    fetch: async ({ esClient }) => {
       const index = (await config.pipe(first()).toPromise()).kibana.index;
-      return await getStats(callCluster, index);
+      return await getStats(esClient, index);
     },
   });
   collectorSet.registerCollector(collector);