diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 3877b7909..1e35a6d69 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 		<springdata.commons>3.3.0-SNAPSHOT</springdata.commons>
 
 		<!-- version of the ElasticsearchClient	-->
-		<elasticsearch-java>8.11.4</elasticsearch-java>
+		<elasticsearch-java>8.12.2</elasticsearch-java>
 
 		<blockhound-junit>1.0.8.RELEASE</blockhound-junit>
 		<hoverfly>0.14.4</hoverfly>
diff --git a/src/main/antora/modules/ROOT/pages/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-new.adoc b/src/main/antora/modules/ROOT/pages/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-new.adoc
index 398af1e6b..17781c994 100644
--- a/src/main/antora/modules/ROOT/pages/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-new.adoc
+++ b/src/main/antora/modules/ROOT/pages/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-new.adoc
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 [[new-features.5-3-0]]
 == New in Spring Data Elasticsearch 5.3
 
-* Upgrade to Elasticsearch 8.11.4.
+* Upgrade to Elasticsearch 8.12.2.
 * Add support for highlight queries in highlighting.
 * Add shard statistics to the `SearchHit` class.
 * Add support for multi search template API.
diff --git a/src/main/antora/modules/ROOT/pages/elasticsearch/versions.adoc b/src/main/antora/modules/ROOT/pages/elasticsearch/versions.adoc
index 370831e15..9f88a8173 100644
--- a/src/main/antora/modules/ROOT/pages/elasticsearch/versions.adoc
+++ b/src/main/antora/modules/ROOT/pages/elasticsearch/versions.adoc
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ The following table shows the Elasticsearch and Spring versions that are used by
 [cols="^,^,^,^",options="header"]
 |===
 | Spring Data Release Train | Spring Data Elasticsearch | Elasticsearch | Spring Framework
-| 2024.0 (?) | 5.3.x | 8.11.4 | ?
+| 2024.0 (?) | 5.3.x | 8.12.2 | ?
 | 2023.1 (Vaughan) | 5.2.x | 8.11.1 | 6.1.x
 | 2023.0 (Ullmann) | 5.1.x | 8.7.1 | 6.0.x
 | 2022.0 (Turing) | 5.0.xfootnote:oom[Out of maintenance] | 8.5.3 | 6.0.x
diff --git a/src/test/resources/testcontainers-elasticsearch.properties b/src/test/resources/testcontainers-elasticsearch.properties
index e46125613..50314dfd3 100644
--- a/src/test/resources/testcontainers-elasticsearch.properties
+++ b/src/test/resources/testcontainers-elasticsearch.properties
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 #
 #
 sde.testcontainers.image-name=docker.elastic.co/elasticsearch/elasticsearch
-sde.testcontainers.image-version=8.11.4
+sde.testcontainers.image-version=8.12.2
 #
 #
 # needed as we do a DELETE /* at the end of the tests, will be required from 8.0 on, produces a warning since 7.13