diff --git a/NOTICE.txt b/NOTICE.txt
index 95b45b8f680..c294a678d4e 100644
--- a/NOTICE.txt
+++ b/NOTICE.txt
@@ -1920,11 +1920,11 @@ Contents of probable licence file $GOMODCACHE/github.com/elastic/elastic-transpo
 
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Dependency : github.com/elastic/go-elasticsearch/v8
-Version: v8.15.0
+Version: v8.16.0
 Licence type (autodetected): Apache-2.0
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-Contents of probable licence file $GOMODCACHE/github.com/elastic/go-elasticsearch/v8@v8.15.0/LICENSE:
+Contents of probable licence file $GOMODCACHE/github.com/elastic/go-elasticsearch/v8@v8.16.0/LICENSE:
 
                                  Apache License
                            Version 2.0, January 2004
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 0b64c0408ba..c688b3a2370 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/elastic/elastic-agent-libs v0.17.2
 	github.com/elastic/elastic-agent-system-metrics v0.11.4
 	github.com/elastic/elastic-transport-go/v8 v8.6.0
-	github.com/elastic/go-elasticsearch/v8 v8.15.0
+	github.com/elastic/go-elasticsearch/v8 v8.16.0
 	github.com/elastic/go-licenser v0.4.2
 	github.com/elastic/go-sysinfo v1.15.0
 	github.com/elastic/go-ucfg v0.8.8
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index cf15f3814a5..6e8d28b3533 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -454,8 +454,8 @@ github.com/elastic/go-docappender/v2 v2.3.0 h1:Vr+l36jM+sE/LHp0JFxSIbHlWTSk8CpBb
 github.com/elastic/go-docappender/v2 v2.3.0/go.mod h1:VNWgXUE9HX1G6W6ON8dOs/KdH8aCxXir/fxxcfrnov4=
 github.com/elastic/go-elasticsearch/v7 v7.17.10 h1:TCQ8i4PmIJuBunvBS6bwT2ybzVFxxUhhltAs3Gyu1yo=
 github.com/elastic/go-elasticsearch/v7 v7.17.10/go.mod h1:OJ4wdbtDNk5g503kvlHLyErCgQwwzmDtaFC4XyOxXA4=
-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-grok v0.3.1 h1:WEhUxe2KrwycMnlvMimJXvzRa7DoByJB4PVUIE1ZD/U=
 github.com/elastic/go-grok v0.3.1/go.mod h1:n38ls8ZgOboZRgKcjMY8eFeZFMmcL9n2lP0iHhIDk64=
 github.com/elastic/go-licenser v0.4.2 h1:bPbGm8bUd8rxzSswFOqvQh1dAkKGkgAmrPxbUi+Y9+A=