diff --git a/plugins/search-backend-module-elasticsearch/package.json b/plugins/search-backend-module-elasticsearch/package.json
index d9b478dc3a38f..c93495ca6d9b5 100644
--- a/plugins/search-backend-module-elasticsearch/package.json
+++ b/plugins/search-backend-module-elasticsearch/package.json
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "@backstage/config": "^0.1.8",
     "@backstage/search-common": "^0.2.0",
-    "@elastic/elasticsearch": "7.13.0",
+    "@elastic/elasticsearch": "8.11.0",
     "@acuris/aws-es-connection": "^2.2.0",
     "aws-sdk": "^2.948.0",
     "elastic-builder": "^2.16.0",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 9f6bf3d5d85b0..fbf302bb9ba60 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -2682,15 +2682,25 @@
     find-my-way "^2.2.2"
     into-stream "^5.1.1"
 
-"@elastic/elasticsearch@7.13.0":
-  version "7.13.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/@elastic/elasticsearch/-/elasticsearch-7.13.0.tgz#6dcf511dfa91187e22c81e54f41f4bd0fd96b4d6"
-  integrity sha512-WgwLWo2p9P2tdqzBGX9fHeG8p5IOTXprXNTECQG2mJ7z9n93N5AFBJpEw4d35tWWeCWi9jI13A2wzQZH7XZ/xw==
+"@elastic/elasticsearch@8.11.0":
+  version "8.11.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/@elastic/elasticsearch/-/elasticsearch-8.11.0.tgz#6cc62f29cd139740b4f69d30f76a58a093befc34"
+  integrity sha512-1UEQFdGLuKdROLJnMTjegasRM3X9INm/PVADoIVgdTfuv6DeJ17UMuNwYSkCrLrC0trLjjGV4YganpbJJX/VLg==
   dependencies:
-    debug "^4.3.1"
-    hpagent "^0.1.1"
+    "@elastic/transport" "^8.4.0"
+    tslib "^2.4.0"
+
+"@elastic/transport@^8.4.0":
+  version "8.4.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/@elastic/transport/-/transport-8.4.0.tgz#e1ec05f7a2857162c161e2c97008f9b21301a673"
+  integrity sha512-Yb3fDa7yGD0ca3uMbL64M3vM1cE5h5uHmBcTjkdB4VpCasRNKSd09iDpwqX8zX1tbBtxcaKYLceKthWvPeIxTw==
+  dependencies:
+    debug "^4.3.4"
+    hpagent "^1.0.0"
     ms "^2.1.3"
     secure-json-parse "^2.4.0"
+    tslib "^2.4.0"
+    undici "^5.22.1"
 
 "@emotion/cache@^10.0.27":
   version "10.0.29"
@@ -2819,6 +2829,11 @@
     minimatch "^3.0.4"
     strip-json-comments "^3.1.1"
 
+"@fastify/busboy@^2.0.0":
+  version "2.1.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/@fastify/busboy/-/busboy-2.1.0.tgz#0709e9f4cb252351c609c6e6d8d6779a8d25edff"
+  integrity sha512-+KpH+QxZU7O4675t3mnkQKcZZg56u+K/Ct2K+N2AZYNVK8kyeo/bI18tI8aPm3tvNNRyTWfj6s5tnGNlcbQRsA==
+
 "@fmvilas/pseudo-yaml-ast@^0.3.1":
   version "0.3.1"
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/@fmvilas/pseudo-yaml-ast/-/pseudo-yaml-ast-0.3.1.tgz#66c5df2c2d76ba8571dc5bd98fda4d7dce6121de"
@@ -12917,6 +12932,13 @@ debug@^3.0.0, debug@^3.1.0, debug@^3.1.1, debug@^3.2.6, debug@^3.2.7:
   dependencies:
     ms "^2.1.1"
 
+debug@^4.3.4:
+  version "4.3.4"
+  resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/debug/-/debug-4.3.4.tgz#1319f6579357f2338d3337d2cdd4914bb5dcc865"
+  integrity sha512-PRWFHuSU3eDtQJPvnNY7Jcket1j0t5OuOsFzPPzsekD52Zl8qUfFIPEiswXqIvHWGVHOgX+7G/vCNNhehwxfkQ==
+  dependencies:
+    ms "2.1.2"
+
 debuglog@^1.0.1:
   version "1.0.1"
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/debuglog/-/debuglog-1.0.1.tgz#aa24ffb9ac3df9a2351837cfb2d279360cd78492"
@@ -16557,10 +16579,10 @@ hpack.js@^2.1.6:
     readable-stream "^2.0.1"
     wbuf "^1.1.0"
 
-hpagent@^0.1.1:
-  version "0.1.2"
-  resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/hpagent/-/hpagent-0.1.2.tgz#cab39c66d4df2d4377dbd212295d878deb9bdaa9"
-  integrity sha512-ePqFXHtSQWAFXYmj+JtOTHr84iNrII4/QRlAAPPE+zqnKy4xJo7Ie1Y4kC7AdB+LxLxSTTzBMASsEcy0q8YyvQ==
+hpagent@^1.0.0:
+  version "1.2.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/hpagent/-/hpagent-1.2.0.tgz#0ae417895430eb3770c03443456b8d90ca464903"
+  integrity sha512-A91dYTeIB6NoXG+PxTQpCCDDnfHsW9kc06Lvpu1TEe9gnd6ZFeiBoRO9JvzEv6xK7EX97/dUE8g/vBMTqTS3CA==
 
 html-encoding-sniffer@^2.0.1:
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-
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-  resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/tslib/-/tslib-2.3.1.tgz#e8a335add5ceae51aa261d32a490158ef042ef01"
-  integrity sha512-77EbyPPpMz+FRFRuAFlWMtmgUWGe9UOG2Z25NqCwiIjRhOf5iKGuzSe5P2w1laq+FkRy4p+PCuVkJSGkzTEKVw==
+tslib@^2, tslib@^2.0.0, tslib@^2.0.1, tslib@^2.0.3, tslib@^2.1.0, tslib@^2.2.0, tslib@^2.3.0, tslib@^2.4.0:
+  version "2.6.2"
+  resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/tslib/-/tslib-2.6.2.tgz#703ac29425e7b37cd6fd456e92404d46d1f3e4ae"
+  integrity sha512-AEYxH93jGFPn/a2iVAwW87VuUIkR1FVUKB77NwMF7nBTDkDrrT/Hpt/IrCJ0QXhW27jTBDcf5ZY7w6RiqTMw2Q==
 
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+tslib@~2.3.0:
+  version "2.3.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/tslib/-/tslib-2.3.1.tgz#e8a335add5ceae51aa261d32a490158ef042ef01"
+  integrity sha512-77EbyPPpMz+FRFRuAFlWMtmgUWGe9UOG2Z25NqCwiIjRhOf5iKGuzSe5P2w1laq+FkRy4p+PCuVkJSGkzTEKVw==
+
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   version "3.21.0"
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/tsutils/-/tsutils-3.21.0.tgz#b48717d394cea6c1e096983eed58e9d61715b623"
@@ -28073,6 +28095,13 @@ undici@^4.9.3:
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   integrity sha512-gofXRqAdm81rzaZgPbMf98qvrNGd3ptJ26+mCcF3EXoC817p//MtL8XcDpTvHUXxdW27rAM2jvTae+KyAchorw==
 
+undici@^5.22.1:
+  version "5.28.2"
+  resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/undici/-/undici-5.28.2.tgz#fea200eac65fc7ecaff80a023d1a0543423b4c91"
+  integrity sha512-wh1pHJHnUeQV5Xa8/kyQhO7WFa8M34l026L5P/+2TYiakvGy5Rdc8jWZVyG7ieht/0WgJLEd3kcU5gKx+6GC8w==
+  dependencies:
+    "@fastify/busboy" "^2.0.0"
+
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   version "4.2.0"
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/unfetch/-/unfetch-4.2.0.tgz#7e21b0ef7d363d8d9af0fb929a5555f6ef97a3be"