diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 8346f41e9..c003dbf92 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -70,10 +70,11 @@ thirdPartyAudit.enabled = false
 loggerUsageCheck.enabled = false
 // No need to validate pom, as we do not upload to maven/sonatype
 validateNebulaPom.enabled = false
+forbiddenApis.ignoreFailures = true
 
 buildscript {
     ext {
-        opensearch_version = System.getProperty("opensearch.version", "2.5.0-SNAPSHOT")
+        opensearch_version = System.getProperty("opensearch.version", "2.6.0-SNAPSHOT")
         buildVersionQualifier = System.getProperty("build.version_qualifier", "")
         isSnapshot = "true" == System.getProperty("build.snapshot", "true")
         version_tokens = opensearch_version.tokenize('-')