diff --git a/data-prepper-plugins/opensearch/build.gradle b/data-prepper-plugins/opensearch/build.gradle
index 5e7879d8d1..610aac84ab 100644
--- a/data-prepper-plugins/opensearch/build.gradle
+++ b/data-prepper-plugins/opensearch/build.gradle
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ dependencies {
     implementation libs.caffeine
     implementation 'software.amazon.awssdk:apache-client'
     implementation 'software.amazon.awssdk:netty-nio-client'
-    implementation 'co.elastic.clients:elasticsearch-java:7.17.0'
+    implementation 'co.elastic.clients:elasticsearch-java:8.14.3'
     implementation('org.apache.maven:maven-artifact:3.9.8') {
         exclude group: 'org.codehaus.plexus'
     }