diff --git a/apps/contrib/elasticsearch.py b/apps/contrib/elasticsearch.py
index e490727c..133f998b 100644
--- a/apps/contrib/elasticsearch.py
+++ b/apps/contrib/elasticsearch.py
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-from wagtail.search.backends.elasticsearch7 import Elasticsearch7SearchBackend
-from wagtail.search.backends.elasticsearch7 import Elasticsearch7SearchResults
+from wagtail.search.backends.elasticsearch8 import Elasticsearch8SearchBackend
+from wagtail.search.backends.elasticsearch8 import Elasticsearch8SearchResults
 
 
 # Code below taken and modified from wagtails elasticsearch backend
-class ElasticsearchResults(Elasticsearch7SearchResults):
+class ElasticsearchResults(Elasticsearch8SearchResults):
     def _get_es_body(self, for_count=False):
         body = {
             'query': self.query_compiler.get_query()
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ def _get_results_from_hits(self, hits):
                 yield result
 
 
-class ElasticsearchCustomSearchBackend(Elasticsearch7SearchBackend):
+class ElasticsearchCustomSearchBackend(Elasticsearch8SearchBackend):
     results_class = ElasticsearchResults
 
 
diff --git a/changelog/_11112.md b/changelog/_11112.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..55d2e01b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/_11112.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+### Changed
+
+- update to elasticsearch 8
diff --git a/requirements/base.txt b/requirements/base.txt
index 16982d1f..bd14c27c 100644
--- a/requirements/base.txt
+++ b/requirements/base.txt
@@ -7,6 +7,6 @@ django-widget-tweaks==1.4.12
 sentry-sdk==1.32.0
 wagtail==5.1.3
 whitenoise==6.6.0
-elasticsearch==7.17.9
+elasticsearch==8.10.1
 wagtail-metadata==4.0.3
 sib-api-v3-sdk==7.6.0