diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 3bf1c6498..7b8041128 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/elastic/elastic-agent-client/v7 v7.16.0
 	github.com/elastic/elastic-agent-libs v0.17.2
 	github.com/elastic/elastic-agent-system-metrics v0.11.4
-	github.com/elastic/go-elasticsearch/v8 v8.15.0
+	github.com/elastic/go-elasticsearch/v8 v8.16.0
 	github.com/elastic/go-ucfg v0.8.8
 	github.com/fxamacker/cbor/v2 v2.6.0
 	github.com/go-chi/chi/v5 v5.0.12
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index e86a03242..c6878f9f3 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@ github.com/elastic/elastic-agent-system-metrics v0.11.4 h1:Z/8CML5RKvGpi6/QUFok1
 github.com/elastic/elastic-agent-system-metrics v0.11.4/go.mod h1:TTW2ysv78uHBQ68hG8TXiaX1m6f29ZHgGWb8XONYsU8=
 github.com/elastic/elastic-transport-go/v8 v8.6.0 h1:Y2S/FBjx1LlCv5m6pWAF2kDJAHoSjSRSJCApolgfthA=
 github.com/elastic/elastic-transport-go/v8 v8.6.0/go.mod h1:YLHer5cj0csTzNFXoNQ8qhtGY1GTvSqPnKWKaqQE3Hk=
-github.com/elastic/go-elasticsearch/v8 v8.15.0 h1:IZyJhe7t7WI3NEFdcHnf6IJXqpRf+8S8QWLtZYYyBYk=
-github.com/elastic/go-elasticsearch/v8 v8.15.0/go.mod h1:HCON3zj4btpqs2N1jjsAy4a/fiAul+YBP00mBH4xik8=
+github.com/elastic/go-elasticsearch/v8 v8.16.0 h1:f7bR+iBz8GTAVhwyFO3hm4ixsz2eMaEy0QroYnXV3jE=
+github.com/elastic/go-elasticsearch/v8 v8.16.0/go.mod h1:lGMlgKIbYoRvay3xWBeKahAiJOgmFDsjZC39nmO3H64=
 github.com/elastic/go-structform v0.0.12 h1:HXpzlAKyej8T7LobqKDThUw7BMhwV6Db24VwxNtgxCs=
 github.com/elastic/go-structform v0.0.12/go.mod h1:CZWf9aIRYY5SuKSmOhtXScE5uQiLZNqAFnwKR4OrIM4=
 github.com/elastic/go-sysinfo v1.15.0 h1:54pRFlAYUlVNQ2HbXzLVZlV+fxS7Eax49stzg95M4Xw=