diff --git a/docs/infrastructure_and_maintenance/clustering/clustering_with_ddev.md b/docs/infrastructure_and_maintenance/clustering/clustering_with_ddev.md
index eb9e7f6d77..95a2e11d07 100644
--- a/docs/infrastructure_and_maintenance/clustering/clustering_with_ddev.md
+++ b/docs/infrastructure_and_maintenance/clustering/clustering_with_ddev.md
@@ -160,12 +160,15 @@ A [search engine](search_engines.md) can be added to the cluster.
 The following sequence of commands:
 
 1. Adds the Elasticsearch container
-2. Sets Elasticsearch as the search engine
-3. Restarts the DDEV cluster and clears application cache
-4. Injects the schema and reindexes the content
+2. Sets the Elasticsearch version to 8 (default is 9 which is not supported, 7 is supported)
+3. Sets Elasticsearch as the search engine
+4. Restarts the DDEV cluster and clears application cache
+5. Injects the schema and reindexes the content
 
 ```bash
 ddev add-on get ddev/ddev-elasticsearch
+ddev dotenv set .ddev/.env.elasticsearch --elasticsearch-docker-image=elasticsearch:8.19.0
+cp .ddev/elasticsearch/docker-compose.elasticsearch8.yaml .ddev/
 ddev config --web-environment-add SEARCH_ENGINE=elasticsearch
 ddev config --web-environment-add ELASTICSEARCH_DSN=http://elasticsearch:9200
 ddev restart