diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 4a2ea40649a2..ab22a07e09d3 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1947,7 +1947,7 @@
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>org.elasticsearch</groupId>
 				<artifactId>elasticsearch</artifactId>
-				<version>8.9.2</version>
+				<version>8.16.0</version>
 			</dependency>
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>org.hibernate.search</groupId>