diff --git a/tests/contrib/elasticsearch/test_elasticsearch.py b/tests/contrib/elasticsearch/test_elasticsearch.py
index b80b4486e71..4a480c550c8 100644
--- a/tests/contrib/elasticsearch/test_elasticsearch.py
+++ b/tests/contrib/elasticsearch/test_elasticsearch.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import datetime
 from http.client import HTTPConnection
 from importlib import import_module
+import json
 import time
 
 import pytest
@@ -167,7 +168,12 @@ def test_elasticsearch(self):
             es.index(id=10, body={"name": "ten", "created": datetime.date(2016, 1, 1)}, **args)
             es.index(id=11, body={"name": "eleven", "created": datetime.date(2016, 2, 1)}, **args)
             es.index(id=12, body={"name": "twelve", "created": datetime.date(2016, 3, 1)}, **args)
-            result = es.search(sort=["name:desc"], size=100, body={"query": {"match_all": {}}}, **args)
+            result = es.search(
+                sort={"name": {"order": "desc", "unmapped_type": "keyword"}},
+                size=100,
+                body={"query": {"match_all": {}}},
+                **args,
+            )
 
         assert len(result["hits"]["hits"]) == 3, result
         spans = self.get_spans()
@@ -183,13 +189,25 @@ def test_elasticsearch(self):
         assert url.endswith("/_search")
         assert url == span.get_tag("elasticsearch.url")
         if elasticsearch.__version__ >= (8, 0, 0):
-            assert span.get_tag("elasticsearch.body").replace(" ", "") == '{"query":{"match_all":{}},"size":100}'
-            assert set(span.get_tag("elasticsearch.params").split("&")) == {"sort=name%3Adesc"}
-            assert set(span.get_tag(http.QUERY_STRING).split("&")) == {"sort=name%3Adesc"}
+            # Key order is not consistent, parse into dict to compare
+            body = json.loads(span.get_tag("elasticsearch.body"))
+            assert body == {
+                "query": {"match_all": {}},
+                "sort": {"name": {"order": "desc", "unmapped_type": "keyword"}},
+                "size": 100,
+            }
+            assert not span.get_tag("elasticsearch.params")
+            assert not span.get_tag(http.QUERY_STRING)
         else:
             assert span.get_tag("elasticsearch.body").replace(" ", "") == '{"query":{"match_all":{}}}'
-            assert set(span.get_tag("elasticsearch.params").split("&")) == {"sort=name%3Adesc", "size=100"}
-            assert set(span.get_tag(http.QUERY_STRING).split("&")) == {"sort=name%3Adesc", "size=100"}
+            assert set(span.get_tag("elasticsearch.params").split("&")) == {
+                "sort=%7B%27name%27%3A+%7B%27order%27%3A+%27desc%27%2C+%27unmapped_type%27%3A+%27keyword%27%7D%7D",
+                "size=100",
+            }
+            assert set(span.get_tag(http.QUERY_STRING).split("&")) == {
+                "sort=%7B%27name%27%3A+%7B%27order%27%3A+%27desc%27%2C+%27unmapped_type%27%3A+%27keyword%27%7D%7D",
+                "size=100",
+            }
         assert span.get_tag("component") == "elasticsearch"
         assert span.get_tag("span.kind") == "client"