diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index ac0332ac58..5941cc1905 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@
     # and https://github.com/psf/requests/pull/5651)
     "urllib3<1.26",
     "eve==1.1.2",
-    "eve-elastic>=7.3.2,<7.4.0",
+    "eve-elastic>=7.4.0,<7.5.0",
+    "elasticsearch<7.14",  # we are using oss version on test server
     "flask>=1.1,<1.2",
     "flask-mail>=0.9,<0.10",
     "flask-script>=2.0.5,<3.0",
diff --git a/superdesk/commands/rebuild_elastic_index.py b/superdesk/commands/rebuild_elastic_index.py
index 9f21203677..03b46a0b81 100644
--- a/superdesk/commands/rebuild_elastic_index.py
+++ b/superdesk/commands/rebuild_elastic_index.py
@@ -10,11 +10,8 @@
 
 
 import superdesk
-import elasticsearch
 
-from flask import current_app
-from eve_elastic import get_es, get_indices, reindex
-from superdesk.utils import get_random_string
+from flask import current_app as app
 
 
 class RebuildElasticIndex(superdesk.Command):
@@ -33,18 +30,19 @@ class RebuildElasticIndex(superdesk.Command):
     """
 
     option_list = [
-        superdesk.Option('--resource', '-r', dest='resource_name')
+        superdesk.Option('--resource', '-r', dest='resource_name'),
+        superdesk.Option('--requests-per-second', dest='requests_per_second'),
     ]
 
-    def run(self, resource_name=None):
+    def run(self, resource_name=None, requests_per_second=1000):
         # if no index name is passed then use the configured one
-        resources = list(current_app.data.elastic._get_elastic_resources().keys())
+        resources = list(app.data.elastic._get_elastic_resources().keys())
         if resource_name and resource_name in resources:
             resources = [resource_name]
         elif resource_name:
             raise ValueError("Resource {} is not configured".format(resource_name))
         for resource in resources:
-            current_app.data.elastic.reindex(resource)
+            app.data.elastic.reindex(resource, requests_per_second=requests_per_second)
             print('Index {} rebuilt successfully.'.format(resource))
 
 
diff --git a/superdesk/tests/__init__.py b/superdesk/tests/__init__.py
index dbd1d2d93f..6e83d8c889 100644
--- a/superdesk/tests/__init__.py
+++ b/superdesk/tests/__init__.py
@@ -362,8 +362,9 @@ def setup(context=None, config=None, app_factory=get_app, reset=False):
     if context:
         context.app = app
         context.client = app.test_client()
-        if not hasattr(context, "BEHAVE"):
-            app.test_request_context().push()
+        if not hasattr(context, "BEHAVE") and not hasattr(context, "test_context"):
+            context.test_context = app.test_request_context()
+            context.test_context.push()
 
     with app.app_context():
         clean_dbs(app, force=bool(config))