diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 6ef3377..485a833 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
         <json-path.version>2.7.0</json-path.version>
 
         <querqy.lucene.version>5.5.lucene900.1</querqy.lucene.version>
-        <elasticsearch.version>8.5.3</elasticsearch.version>
+        <elasticsearch.version>8.8.2</elasticsearch.version>
         <jacoco.version>0.8.8</jacoco.version>
         <maven.compiler.source>16</maven.compiler.source>
         <maven.compiler.target>16</maven.compiler.target>