diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 20854ea..ec750da 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ jobs:
          sudo sysctl -w vm.max_map_count=262144
     - uses: elastic/elastic-github-actions/elasticsearch@master
       with:
-        stack-version: 7.17.0
+        stack-version: 8.8.0
         security-enabled: false
     - uses: actions/checkout@v3
     - uses: actions/setup-node@v3
diff --git a/Changes.md b/Changes.md
index 7f19c25..1fdf939 100644
--- a/Changes.md
+++ b/Changes.md
@@ -1,6 +1,19 @@
 ### Unreleased
 
 
+### [8.0.0] - 2023-06-NN
+
+- dep(elastic): bump dep version to 8.8
+- 
+
+
+### [7.0.0] - 2023-06-08
+
+- chore: update ci & packaging
+- dep(elastic): bump dep version to 7.17
+- bump major version to match ES major version
+
+
 ### [1.1.0] - 2023-06-08
 
 - dep(elastic): dump dep version to 8.8
@@ -64,3 +77,5 @@
 [1.0.7]: https://github.com/haraka/haraka-plugin-elasticsearch/releases/tag/1.0.7
 [1.0.8]: https://github.com/haraka/haraka-plugin-elasticsearch/releases/tag/1.0.8
 [1.1.0]: https://github.com/haraka/haraka-plugin-elasticsearch/releases/tag/1.1.0
+[7.0.0]: https://github.com/haraka/haraka-plugin-elasticsearch/releases/tag/7.0.0
+[8.0.0]: https://github.com/haraka/haraka-plugin-elasticsearch/releases/tag/8.0.0
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index ff4e178..7fc6662 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -72,16 +72,17 @@ exports.es_connect = function (done) {
 
     plugin.es = new Elasticsearch.Client(plugin.clientArgs);
 
-    plugin.es.ping({}, function (error) {
-        if (error) {
-            plugin.logerror('cluster is down!');
-            plugin.logerror(util.inspect(error, {depth: null}));
-        }
-        else {
-            plugin.lognotice('connected');
-        }
-        if (done) done(error);
-    });
+    plugin.es.ping()
+        .then(() => {
+            plugin.lognotice('connected')
+        })
+        .catch(error => {
+            plugin.logerror('cluster is down!')
+            plugin.logerror(util.inspect(error, {depth: null}))
+        })
+        .finally(() => {
+            if (done) done()
+        })
 }
 
 exports.log_transaction = function (next, connection) {
@@ -104,12 +105,13 @@ exports.log_transaction = function (next, connection) {
         type: 'haraka',
         id: connection.transaction.uuid,
         body: JSON.stringify(res),
-    }, (error, response) => {
-        if (error) {
+    })
+        .then((response) => {
+            // connection.loginfo(plugin, response);
+        })
+        .catch(error => {
             connection.logerror(plugin, error.message);
-        }
-        // connection.loginfo(plugin, response);
-    });
+        })
 
     // hook reset_transaction doesn't seem to wait for next(). If I
     // wait until after I get a response back from ES, Haraka throws
@@ -144,13 +146,15 @@ exports.log_connection = function (next, connection) {
         type: 'haraka',
         id: connection.uuid,
         body: JSON.stringify(res),
-    }, function (error, response) {
-        if (error) {
+    })
+        .then((response) => {
+            // connection.loginfo(plugin, response);
+        })
+        .catch(error => {
             connection.logerror(plugin, error.message);
-        }
-        // connection.loginfo(plugin, response);
-    });
-    next();
+        })
+
+    next()
 }
 
 exports.objToArray = function (obj) {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 91e0cde..a37c0f7 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "haraka-plugin-elasticsearch",
-  "version": "7.0.0",
+  "version": "8.0.0",
   "description": "Haraka plugin that saves logs to Elasticsearch",
   "main": "index.js",
   "scripts": {
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
   },
   "homepage": "https://github.com/haraka/haraka-plugin-elasticsearch#readme",
   "dependencies": {
-    "@elastic/elasticsearch": "^7.17.0",
+    "@elastic/elasticsearch": "^8.8.0",
     "haraka-utils": "*"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
diff --git a/test/index.js b/test/index.js
index c4d04d6..cbe8105 100644
--- a/test/index.js
+++ b/test/index.js
@@ -215,10 +215,7 @@ describe('storesIndexMapTemplate', function () {
         plugin.es_connect((err) => {
             assert.ifError(err);
 
-            if (err) {
-                done()
-                return;
-            }
+            if (err) { done(); return; }
 
             fs.readFile(filePath, (err2, data) => {
                 if (err2) {
@@ -231,20 +228,18 @@ describe('storesIndexMapTemplate', function () {
                 plugin.es.indices.putTemplate({
                     name: 'smtp-*',
                     body: JSON.stringify(indexMap),
-                },
-                function (err3, result) {
-                    if (err3) {
+                })
+                    .then(result => {
+                        console.log(result);
+                    })
+                    .catch(err3 => {
                         if (err3.status !== 404) {
                             console.error(err3);
                         }
                         // other tests are running, so currently
                         // stored mapping may conflict
-                        done()
-                        return;
-                    }
-                    console.log(result);
-                    done()
-                })
+                    })
+                    .finally(done)
             })
         })
     })