diff --git a/municipal-services/property-services/src/main/java/org/egov/pt/config/PropertyConfiguration.java b/municipal-services/property-services/src/main/java/org/egov/pt/config/PropertyConfiguration.java
index 7eb520b6a..5e1241895 100644
--- a/municipal-services/property-services/src/main/java/org/egov/pt/config/PropertyConfiguration.java
+++ b/municipal-services/property-services/src/main/java/org/egov/pt/config/PropertyConfiguration.java
@@ -354,4 +354,10 @@ public MappingJackson2HttpMessageConverter jacksonConverter(ObjectMapper objectM
     @Value("${inbox.property.search.allowed}")
     private Boolean isInboxSearchAllowed;
 
+    @Value("${egov.indexer.es.username}")
+    private String esUsername;
+
+    @Value("${egov.indexer.es.password}")
+    private String esPassword;
+
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/municipal-services/property-services/src/main/java/org/egov/pt/repository/ElasticSearchRepository.java b/municipal-services/property-services/src/main/java/org/egov/pt/repository/ElasticSearchRepository.java
index 0dbeec52f..d28d18d76 100644
--- a/municipal-services/property-services/src/main/java/org/egov/pt/repository/ElasticSearchRepository.java
+++ b/municipal-services/property-services/src/main/java/org/egov/pt/repository/ElasticSearchRepository.java
@@ -15,6 +15,11 @@
 import org.springframework.web.client.RestTemplate;
 
 import java.util.List;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Primary;
+import javax.net.ssl.*;
+import java.security.cert.CertificateException;
+import java.security.cert.X509Certificate;
+import java.util.Base64;
 
 @Component
 public class ElasticSearchRepository {
@@ -24,15 +29,13 @@ public class ElasticSearchRepository {
 
     private FuzzySearchQueryBuilder queryBuilder;
 
-    private RestTemplate restTemplate;
 
     private ObjectMapper mapper;
 
     @Autowired
-    public ElasticSearchRepository(PropertyConfiguration config, FuzzySearchQueryBuilder queryBuilder, RestTemplate restTemplate, ObjectMapper mapper) {
+    public ElasticSearchRepository(PropertyConfiguration config, FuzzySearchQueryBuilder queryBuilder, ObjectMapper mapper) {
         this.config = config;
         this.queryBuilder = queryBuilder;
-        this.restTemplate = restTemplate;
         this.mapper = mapper;
     }
 
@@ -52,10 +55,13 @@ public Object fuzzySearchProperties(PropertyCriteria criteria, List<String> uuid
 
         HttpHeaders headers = new HttpHeaders();
         headers.setContentType(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON);
+        headers.add("Authorization", getESEncodedCredentials());
+        final HttpEntity entity = new HttpEntity( headers);
+        // response = restTemplate.exchange(url.toString(), HttpMethod.GET, entity, Map.class);
         HttpEntity<String> requestEntity = new HttpEntity<>(searchQuery, headers);
         ResponseEntity response = null;
         try {
-             response = restTemplate.postForEntity(url, requestEntity, Object.class);
+             response = this.restTemplate().postForEntity(url, requestEntity, Object.class);
 
         } catch (Exception e) {
             e.printStackTrace();
@@ -80,7 +86,45 @@ private String getESURL() {
 
         return builder.toString();
     }
+    public String getESEncodedCredentials() {
+        String credentials = config.getEsUsername() + ":" + config.getEsPassword();
+        byte[] credentialsBytes = credentials.getBytes();
+        byte[] base64CredentialsBytes = Base64.getEncoder().encode(credentialsBytes);
+        return "Basic " + new String(base64CredentialsBytes);
+    }
+    public static void trustSelfSignedSSL() {
+        try {
+            SSLContext ctx = SSLContext.getInstance("TLS");
+            X509TrustManager tm = new X509TrustManager() {
+                public void checkClientTrusted(X509Certificate[] xcs, String string) throws CertificateException {
+                }
+
+                public void checkServerTrusted(X509Certificate[] xcs, String string) throws CertificateException {
+                }
+
+                public X509Certificate[] getAcceptedIssuers() {
+                    return null;
+                }
+            };
+            ctx.init(null, new TrustManager[]{tm}, null);
+            SSLContext.setDefault(ctx);
+
+            // Disable hostname verification
+            HttpsURLConnection.setDefaultHostnameVerifier(new HostnameVerifier() {
+                public boolean verify(String hostname, javax.net.ssl.SSLSession sslSession) {
+                    return true;
+                }
+            });
+        } catch (Exception ex) {
+            ex.printStackTrace();
+        }
+    }
 
+    @Primary
+    public RestTemplate restTemplate() {
+        trustSelfSignedSSL();
+        return new RestTemplate();
+    }
 
 
 }
diff --git a/municipal-services/property-services/src/main/resources/application.properties b/municipal-services/property-services/src/main/resources/application.properties
index bce5a957f..759f658ea 100644
--- a/municipal-services/property-services/src/main/resources/application.properties
+++ b/municipal-services/property-services/src/main/resources/application.properties
@@ -198,6 +198,8 @@ state.level.tenant.id=pb
 #Elastic search properties
 elasticsearch.host=http://localhost:9200/
 elasticsearch.search.endpoint=/_search
+egov.indexer.es.username=elastic
+egov.indexer.es.password=8fwbD6HbJh6HU0oddsHm8TEI
 
 property.es.index=property-services
 pt.search.name.fuziness=2