diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e0696ce7c..821bff2c9 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@
     <jacoco.merged.output.file>${coverage.dir}/jacoco.exec</jacoco.merged.output.file>
 
     <!-- es versions -->
-    <elasticsearch.version>7.10.0</elasticsearch.version>
+    <elasticsearch.version>8.18.8</elasticsearch.version>
     <testcontainers-elasticsearch.version>2.0.2</testcontainers-elasticsearch.version>
     <!-- Used to match version used by Elasticsearch-->
     <lucene.version>8.7.0</lucene.version>