diff --git a/docs/modules/components/pages/outputs/elasticsearch.adoc b/docs/modules/components/pages/outputs/elasticsearch.adoc
index 0627054f78..7fd8e6e991 100644
--- a/docs/modules/components/pages/outputs/elasticsearch.adoc
+++ b/docs/modules/components/pages/outputs/elasticsearch.adoc
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ output:
     id: ${!counter()}-${!timestamp_unix()}
     type: ""
     routing: ""
+    retry_on_conflict: 0
     sniff: true
     healthcheck: true
     timeout: 5s
@@ -224,6 +225,15 @@ This field supports xref:configuration:interpolation.adoc#bloblang-queries[inter
 
 *Default*: `""`
 
+=== `retry_on_conflict`
+
+When using the update or upsert action, retry_on_conflict can be used to specify how many times an update should be retried in the case of a version conflict.
+
+
+*Type*: `int`
+
+*Default*: `0`
+
 === `sniff`
 
 Prompts Redpanda Connect to sniff for brokers to connect to when establishing a connection.
diff --git a/internal/impl/elasticsearch/output.go b/internal/impl/elasticsearch/output.go
index 1c6c0387be..c15504c57a 100644
--- a/internal/impl/elasticsearch/output.go
+++ b/internal/impl/elasticsearch/output.go
@@ -33,23 +33,24 @@ import (
 )
 
 const (
-	esoFieldURLs         = "urls"
-	esoFieldSniff        = "sniff"
-	esoFieldHealthcheck  = "healthcheck"
-	esoFieldID           = "id"
-	esoFieldAction       = "action"
-	esoFieldIndex        = "index"
-	esoFieldPipeline     = "pipeline"
-	esoFieldRouting      = "routing"
-	esoFieldType         = "type"
-	esoFieldTimeout      = "timeout"
-	esoFieldTLS          = "tls"
-	esoFieldAuth         = "basic_auth"
-	esoFieldAuthEnabled  = "enabled"
-	esoFieldAuthUsername = "username"
-	esoFieldAuthPassword = "password"
-	esoFieldAPIKey       = "api_key"
-	esoFieldAWS          = "aws"
+	esoFieldURLs            = "urls"
+	esoFieldSniff           = "sniff"
+	esoFieldHealthcheck     = "healthcheck"
+	esoFieldID              = "id"
+	esoFieldAction          = "action"
+	esoFieldIndex           = "index"
+	esoFieldPipeline        = "pipeline"
+	esoFieldRouting         = "routing"
+	esoFieldRetryOnConflict = "retry_on_conflict"
+	esoFieldType            = "type"
+	esoFieldTimeout         = "timeout"
+	esoFieldTLS             = "tls"
+	esoFieldAuth            = "basic_auth"
+	esoFieldAuthEnabled     = "enabled"
+	esoFieldAuthUsername    = "username"
+	esoFieldAuthPassword    = "password"
+	esoFieldAPIKey          = "api_key"
+	esoFieldAWS             = "aws"
 	// ESOFieldAWSEnabled enabled field.
 	ESOFieldAWSEnabled      = "enabled"
 	esoFieldGzipCompression = "gzip_compression"
@@ -245,6 +246,10 @@ It's possible to enable AWS connectivity with this output using the `+"`aws`"+`
 				Description("The routing key to use for the document.").
 				Advanced().
 				Default(""),
+			service.NewIntField(esoFieldRetryOnConflict).
+				Description("When using the update or upsert action, retry_on_conflict can be used to specify how many times an update should be retried in the case of a version conflict.").
+				Advanced().
+				Default(0),
 			service.NewBoolField(esoFieldSniff).
 				Description("Prompts Redpanda Connect to sniff for brokers to connect to when establishing a connection.").
 				Advanced().
@@ -366,13 +371,14 @@ func shouldRetry(s int) bool {
 }
 
 type pendingBulkIndex struct {
-	Action   string
-	Index    string
-	Pipeline string
-	Routing  string
-	Type     string
-	Doc      any
-	ID       string
+	Action          string
+	Index           string
+	Pipeline        string
+	Routing         string
+	RetryOnConflict int
+	Type            string
+	Doc             any
+	ID              string
 }
 
 // WriteBatch writes a message batch to the output.
@@ -491,6 +497,7 @@ func (e *Output) buildBulkableRequest(p *pendingBulkIndex) (elastic.BulkableRequ
 		r := elastic.NewBulkUpdateRequest().
 			Index(p.Index).
 			Routing(p.Routing).
+			RetryOnConflict(p.RetryOnConflict).
 			Id(p.ID).
 			Doc(p.Doc)
 		if p.Type != "" {
@@ -501,6 +508,7 @@ func (e *Output) buildBulkableRequest(p *pendingBulkIndex) (elastic.BulkableRequ
 		r := elastic.NewBulkUpdateRequest().
 			Index(p.Index).
 			Routing(p.Routing).
+			RetryOnConflict(p.RetryOnConflict).
 			Id(p.ID).
 			DocAsUpsert(true).
 			Doc(p.Doc)