diff --git a/lib/searchkick/query.rb b/lib/searchkick/query.rb
index 09bb63e..1b7870c 100644
--- a/lib/searchkick/query.rb
+++ b/lib/searchkick/query.rb
@@ -78,9 +78,9 @@ module Searchkick
                 fields: [field],
                 query: term,
                 use_dis_max: false,
-                operator: operator,
-                cutoff_frequency: 0.001
+                operator: operator
               }
+              shared_options[:cutoff_frequency] = 0.001 unless operator == "and"
               queries.concat [
                 {multi_match: shared_options.merge(boost: 10, analyzer: "searchkick_search")},
                 {multi_match: shared_options.merge(boost: 10, analyzer: "searchkick_search2")}
diff --git a/searchkick.gemspec b/searchkick.gemspec
index e1e2b6d..58ad987 100644
--- a/searchkick.gemspec
+++ b/searchkick.gemspec
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
   spec.require_paths = ["lib"]
 
   spec.add_dependency "activemodel"
-  spec.add_dependency "elasticsearch", "~> 0.4.11"
+  spec.add_dependency "elasticsearch", ">= 1.0.0"
   spec.add_dependency "hashie"
 
   spec.add_development_dependency "bundler", "~> 1.3"
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