diff --git a/build/container/search-backend/elastic.Dockerfile b/build/container/search-backend/elastic.Dockerfile
index 26d037f90b1..5bfb2fa924c 100644
--- a/build/container/search-backend/elastic.Dockerfile
+++ b/build/container/search-backend/elastic.Dockerfile
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@
 #  * update `version.org.elasticsearch.latest` property in a POM file.
 #  * update the tags for 'elasticsearch-current' and 'elasticsearch-next' builds in ci/dependency-update/Jenkinsfile
 #
-FROM docker.io/elastic/elasticsearch:8.16.1
+FROM docker.io/elastic/elasticsearch:8.17.0