diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 941a67e..2455014 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
         <sonar.organization>dropwizard</sonar.organization>
         <sonar.host.url>https://sonarcloud.io</sonar.host.url>
         <dropwizard.version>1.3.16</dropwizard.version>
-        <elasticsearch.version>2.4.6</elasticsearch.version>
+        <elasticsearch.version>8.5.0</elasticsearch.version>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencyManagement>