diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index ce4943aef..10e9cd501 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ bcrypt==4.1.2
 bleach[css]==6.1.0
 colander==2.0
 dogpile.cache==1.3.2
-elasticsearch==2.4.1
+elasticsearch==8.12.1
 elasticsearch_dsl==2.2.0
 geoalchemy2==0.4.2
 geojson==3.1.0