diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index e5148d550..12198ce13 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ bcrypt==4.0.1
 bleach[css]==5.0.1
 colander==2.0
 dogpile.cache==1.1.8
-elasticsearch==2.4.1
+elasticsearch==8.6.1
 elasticsearch_dsl==2.2.0
 geoalchemy2==0.4.2
 geojson==2.5.0