diff --git a/modules/ingest-common/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/ingest/common/DateFormat.java b/modules/ingest-common/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/ingest/common/DateFormat.java
index 4a97a7e7ab2f5..9ead2d05f7d97 100644
--- a/modules/ingest-common/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/ingest/common/DateFormat.java
+++ b/modules/ingest-common/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/ingest/common/DateFormat.java
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 import org.joda.time.DateTime;
 import org.joda.time.DateTimeZone;
 import org.joda.time.format.DateTimeFormat;
+import org.joda.time.format.DateTimeFormatter;
 import org.joda.time.format.ISODateTimeFormat;
 
 import java.util.Locale;
@@ -65,9 +66,8 @@ private long parseMillis(String date) {
     Joda {
         @Override
         Function<String, DateTime> getFunction(String format, DateTimeZone timezone, Locale locale) {
-            return DateTimeFormat.forPattern(format)
-                .withDefaultYear((new DateTime(DateTimeZone.UTC)).getYear())
-                .withZone(timezone).withLocale(locale)::parseDateTime;
+            DateTimeFormatter parser = DateTimeFormat.forPattern(format).withZone(timezone).withLocale(locale);
+            return text -> parser.withDefaultYear((new DateTime(DateTimeZone.UTC)).getYear()).parseDateTime(text);
         }
     };
 
diff --git a/modules/ingest-common/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/ingest/common/DateProcessorTests.java b/modules/ingest-common/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/ingest/common/DateProcessorTests.java
index 768f402ee4b96..8ac5a56abb0b6 100644
--- a/modules/ingest-common/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/ingest/common/DateProcessorTests.java
+++ b/modules/ingest-common/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/ingest/common/DateProcessorTests.java
@@ -106,13 +106,13 @@ public void testJodaPatternLocale() {
 
     public void testJodaPatternDefaultYear() {
         DateProcessor dateProcessor = new DateProcessor(randomAsciiOfLength(10), DateTimeZone.forID("Europe/Amsterdam"), Locale.ENGLISH,
-                "date_as_string", Collections.singletonList("dd/MM"), "date_as_date");
+            "date_as_string", Collections.singletonList("dd/MM"), "date_as_date");
         Map<String, Object> document = new HashMap<>();
         document.put("date_as_string", "12/06");
         IngestDocument ingestDocument = RandomDocumentPicks.randomIngestDocument(random(), document);
         dateProcessor.execute(ingestDocument);
-        assertThat(ingestDocument.getFieldValue("date_as_date", String.class), equalTo(DateTime.now().getYear() +
-                "-06-12T00:00:00.000+02:00"));
+        assertThat(ingestDocument.getFieldValue("date_as_date", String.class),
+            equalTo(DateTime.now().getYear() + "-06-12T00:00:00.000+02:00"));
     }
 
     public void testTAI64N() {