diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 284de4245..fe5d5cc1b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -590,7 +590,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>co.elastic.clients</groupId>
 			<artifactId>elasticsearch-java</artifactId>
-			<version>8.11.4</version>
+			<version>8.13.2</version>
 		</dependency>
 
 
diff --git a/src/test/java/de/mpg/imeji/util/ElasticsearchTestUtil.java b/src/test/java/de/mpg/imeji/util/ElasticsearchTestUtil.java
index 09fe6c198..fecafc860 100644
--- a/src/test/java/de/mpg/imeji/util/ElasticsearchTestUtil.java
+++ b/src/test/java/de/mpg/imeji/util/ElasticsearchTestUtil.java
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ public class ElasticsearchTestUtil {
 
   private static final Logger LOGGER = LogManager.getLogger(ElasticsearchTestUtil.class);
 
-  private static final String ELASTICSEARCH_DOCKER_IMAGE = "docker.elastic.co/elasticsearch/elasticsearch:8.11.0";
+  private static final String ELASTICSEARCH_DOCKER_IMAGE = "docker.elastic.co/elasticsearch/elasticsearch:8.13.2";
   private static ElasticsearchContainer elasticSearchContainer;
 
   /**