diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 521a132..39ff497 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ services:
       - "./docs:/usr/src/app/docs"
 
   es:
-    image: elasticsearch:7.17.10
+    image: elasticsearch:8.10.2
     environment:
       - "discovery.type=single-node"
       - "ES_JAVA_OPTS=-Xms2g -Xmx2g"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 7d5f435..37687be 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ classifiers = [
 dependencies = [
     # TODO: switch to pypi once stable
     "splitgill@git+https://github.com/NaturalHistoryMuseum/splitgill@josh/vNext",
-    "elasticsearch>=7.0.0,<8.0.0",
-    "elasticsearch-dsl>=7.0.0,<8.0.0",
+    "elasticsearch==8.10.1",
+    "elasticsearch-dsl==8.9.0",
     "pymongo==4.4.1",
     "plyvel==1.5.0",
     "cytoolz==0.12.2",