diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 3b009988e..4427b67b8 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ bcrypt==4.2.0
 bleach[css]==6.1.0
 colander==2.0
 dogpile.cache==1.3.3
-elasticsearch==2.4.1
+elasticsearch==8.16.0
 elasticsearch_dsl==2.2.0
 geoalchemy2==0.4.2
 geojson==3.1.0