diff --git a/deps/elasticsearch/Dockerfile b/deps/elasticsearch/Dockerfile
index 38151c38d..fdd2c8e02 100644
--- a/deps/elasticsearch/Dockerfile
+++ b/deps/elasticsearch/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM docker.elastic.co/elasticsearch/elasticsearch:7.15.0
+FROM docker.elastic.co/elasticsearch/elasticsearch:8.11.3
 
 RUN mkdir -p /usr/share/elasticsearch/config/analysis && curl -o /usr/share/elasticsearch/config/analysis/de_DR.xml "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/uschindler/german-decompounder/master/de_DR.xml"
 RUN mkdir -p /usr/share/elasticsearch/config/analysis && curl -o /usr/share/elasticsearch/config/analysis/dictionary-de.txt "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/uschindler/german-decompounder/master/dictionary-de.txt"
diff --git a/docker-compose.dev.yml b/docker-compose.dev.yml
index f71d12e5b..3fac0af20 100644
--- a/docker-compose.dev.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.dev.yml
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ services:
       - "cluster.routing.allocation.disk.watermark.low=3gb"
       - "cluster.routing.allocation.disk.watermark.high=2gb"
       - "cluster.routing.allocation.disk.watermark.flood_stage=1gb"
+      - "xpack.security.enabled=false"
     ports:
       - "127.0.0.1:9200:9200"
 volumes:
diff --git a/requirements-dev.txt b/requirements-dev.txt
index af7cc24f8..131264c83 100644
--- a/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ celery==5.2.7
     #   froide
 certifi==2023.7.22
     # via
-    #   elasticsearch
+    #   elastic-transport
     #   requests
     #   sentry-sdk
 cffi==1.15.1
@@ -263,8 +263,10 @@ django-crossdomainmedia==0.0.4
     #   froide
 django-debug-toolbar==4.1.0
     # via -r requirements-dev.in
-django-elasticsearch-dsl==7.3
-    # via froide
+django-elasticsearch-dsl==8.0
+    # via
+    #   -r requirements.in
+    #   froide
 django-entangled==0.5.4
     # via djangocms-frontend
 django-filer==2.2.4
@@ -409,11 +411,13 @@ easy-thumbnails[svg]==2.8.5
     #   djangocms-frontend
     #   djangocms-picture
     #   froide
-elasticsearch==7.17.9
+elastic-transport==8.11.0
+    # via elasticsearch
+elasticsearch==8.11.1
     # via
     #   -r requirements.in
     #   elasticsearch-dsl
-elasticsearch-dsl==7.4.1
+elasticsearch-dsl==8.11.0
     # via
     #   -r requirements.in
     #   django-elasticsearch-dsl
@@ -788,7 +792,6 @@ six==1.16.0
     #   click-repl
     #   django-elasticsearch-dsl
     #   djangorestframework-csv
-    #   elasticsearch-dsl
     #   geocoder
     #   html5lib
     #   python-dateutil
@@ -874,7 +877,7 @@ uritemplate==4.1.1
     #   drf-spectacular
 urllib3==1.26.16
     # via
-    #   elasticsearch
+    #   elastic-transport
     #   requests
     #   sentry-sdk
 vine==5.0.0
diff --git a/requirements-production.txt b/requirements-production.txt
index 462649ecd..9fc979968 100644
--- a/requirements-production.txt
+++ b/requirements-production.txt
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ celery==5.2.7
     #   froide
 certifi==2023.7.22
     # via
-    #   elasticsearch
+    #   elastic-transport
     #   requests
     #   sentry-sdk
 cffi==1.15.1
@@ -246,8 +246,10 @@ django-crossdomainmedia==0.0.4
     # via
     #   -r requirements.in
     #   froide
-django-elasticsearch-dsl==7.3
-    # via froide
+django-elasticsearch-dsl==8.0
+    # via
+    #   -r requirements.in
+    #   froide
 django-entangled==0.5.4
     # via djangocms-frontend
 django-filer==2.2.4
@@ -390,11 +392,13 @@ easy-thumbnails[svg]==2.8.5
     #   djangocms-frontend
     #   djangocms-picture
     #   froide
-elasticsearch==7.17.9
+elastic-transport==8.11.0
+    # via elasticsearch
+elasticsearch==8.11.1
     # via
     #   -r requirements.in
     #   elasticsearch-dsl
-elasticsearch-dsl==7.4.1
+elasticsearch-dsl==8.11.0
     # via
     #   -r requirements.in
     #   django-elasticsearch-dsl
@@ -699,7 +703,6 @@ six==1.16.0
     #   click-repl
     #   django-elasticsearch-dsl
     #   djangorestframework-csv
-    #   elasticsearch-dsl
     #   geocoder
     #   google-auth
     #   google-auth-httplib2
@@ -755,7 +758,7 @@ uritemplate==4.1.1
     #   google-api-python-client
 urllib3==1.26.16
     # via
-    #   elasticsearch
+    #   elastic-transport
     #   google-auth
     #   requests
     #   sentry-sdk
diff --git a/requirements.in b/requirements.in
index bed3af9fb..39f1a3cc3 100644
--- a/requirements.in
+++ b/requirements.in
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ django-configurations
 django-contractor
 django-contrib-comments
 django-crossdomainmedia
+django-elasticsearch-dsl>=8.0,<9.0
 django-filer>=2.2.4
 django-filingcabinet
 django-filter
@@ -37,8 +38,8 @@ djangocms-video
 djangorestframework>=3.14.0
 djangorestframework-csv
 djangorestframework-jsonp
-elasticsearch-dsl>=7.0.0<8.0.0
-elasticsearch<8.0.0,>=7.0.0
+elasticsearch-dsl>=8.0.0<9.0.0
+elasticsearch<9.0.0,>=8.0.0
 geoip2
 html-text
 icalendar
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 494c649b9..e953ed29c 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ celery==5.2.7
     #   froide
 certifi==2023.7.22
     # via
-    #   elasticsearch
+    #   elastic-transport
     #   requests
     #   sentry-sdk
 cffi==1.15.1
@@ -236,8 +236,10 @@ django-crossdomainmedia==0.0.4
     # via
     #   -r requirements.in
     #   froide
-django-elasticsearch-dsl==7.3
-    # via froide
+django-elasticsearch-dsl==8.0
+    # via
+    #   -r requirements.in
+    #   froide
 django-entangled==0.5.4
     # via djangocms-frontend
 django-filer==2.2.4
@@ -380,11 +382,13 @@ easy-thumbnails[svg]==2.8.5
     #   djangocms-frontend
     #   djangocms-picture
     #   froide
-elasticsearch==7.17.9
+elastic-transport==8.11.0
+    # via elasticsearch
+elasticsearch==8.11.1
     # via
     #   -r requirements.in
     #   elasticsearch-dsl
-elasticsearch-dsl==7.4.1
+elasticsearch-dsl==8.11.0
     # via
     #   -r requirements.in
     #   django-elasticsearch-dsl
@@ -642,7 +646,6 @@ six==1.16.0
     #   click-repl
     #   django-elasticsearch-dsl
     #   djangorestframework-csv
-    #   elasticsearch-dsl
     #   geocoder
     #   html5lib
     #   python-dateutil
@@ -695,7 +698,7 @@ uritemplate==4.1.1
     #   drf-spectacular
 urllib3==1.26.16
     # via
-    #   elasticsearch
+    #   elastic-transport
     #   requests
     #   sentry-sdk
 vine==5.0.0