diff --git a/.env b/.env
index bb34e5116..6d124ef31 100644
--- a/.env
+++ b/.env
@@ -1 +1 @@
-ELK_VERSION=8.0.0-alpha1
+ELK_VERSION=8.0.0-alpha2
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index dd3273bc6..4002c9d01 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Elastic stack (ELK) on Docker
 
-[![Elastic Stack version](https://img.shields.io/badge/Elastic%20Stack-8.0.0--alpha1-00bfb3?style=flat&logo=elastic-stack)](https://www.elastic.co/blog/category/releases)
+[![Elastic Stack version](https://img.shields.io/badge/Elastic%20Stack-8.0.0--alpha2-00bfb3?style=flat&logo=elastic-stack)](https://www.elastic.co/blog/category/releases)
 [![Build Status](https://github.com/deviantony/docker-elk/workflows/CI/badge.svg?branch=main)](https://github.com/deviantony/docker-elk/actions?query=workflow%3ACI+branch%3Amain)
 [![Join the chat at https://gitter.im/deviantony/docker-elk](https://badges.gitter.im/Join%20Chat.svg)](https://gitter.im/deviantony/docker-elk?utm_source=badge&utm_medium=badge&utm_campaign=pr-badge&utm_content=badge)
 
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ Create an index pattern via the Kibana API:
 ```console
 $ curl -XPOST -D- 'http://localhost:5601/api/saved_objects/index-pattern' \
     -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-    -H 'kbn-version: 8.0.0-alpha1' \
+    -H 'kbn-version: 8.0.0-alpha2' \
     -u elastic:<your generated elastic password> \
     -d '{"attributes":{"title":"logs-generic-default","timeFieldName":"@timestamp"}}'
 ```
diff --git a/docker-stack.yml b/docker-stack.yml
index 04963eac6..877e11e42 100644
--- a/docker-stack.yml
+++ b/docker-stack.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ version: '3.3'
 services:
 
   elasticsearch:
-    image: docker.elastic.co/elasticsearch/elasticsearch:8.0.0-alpha1
+    image: docker.elastic.co/elasticsearch/elasticsearch:8.0.0-alpha2
     ports:
       - "9200:9200"
       - "9300:9300"
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ services:
       replicas: 1
 
   logstash:
-    image: docker.elastic.co/logstash/logstash:8.0.0-alpha1
+    image: docker.elastic.co/logstash/logstash:8.0.0-alpha2
     ports:
       - "5044:5044"
       - "5000:5000"
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ services:
       replicas: 1
 
   kibana:
-    image: docker.elastic.co/kibana/kibana:8.0.0-alpha1
+    image: docker.elastic.co/kibana/kibana:8.0.0-alpha2
     ports:
       - "5601:5601"
     configs: