diff --git a/delta/testkit/src/main/scala/ch/epfl/bluebrain/nexus/testkit/elasticsearch/ElasticSearchContainer.scala b/delta/testkit/src/main/scala/ch/epfl/bluebrain/nexus/testkit/elasticsearch/ElasticSearchContainer.scala
index 3ca89aed07..d7b3b95d82 100644
--- a/delta/testkit/src/main/scala/ch/epfl/bluebrain/nexus/testkit/elasticsearch/ElasticSearchContainer.scala
+++ b/delta/testkit/src/main/scala/ch/epfl/bluebrain/nexus/testkit/elasticsearch/ElasticSearchContainer.scala
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ class ElasticSearchContainer(password: String)
 }
 
 object ElasticSearchContainer {
-  private val Version = "8.15.1"
+  private val Version = "8.16.1"
 
   val ElasticSearchUser                         = "elastic"
   val ElasticSearchPassword                     = "password"
diff --git a/docs/src/main/paradox/docs/delta/api/assets/version.json b/docs/src/main/paradox/docs/delta/api/assets/version.json
index 135302ae3b..7c6800d32d 100644
--- a/docs/src/main/paradox/docs/delta/api/assets/version.json
+++ b/docs/src/main/paradox/docs/delta/api/assets/version.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "blazegraph": "2.1.6-RC-21-jre",
     "postgresql": "16.5",
-    "elasticsearch": "8.15.1"
+    "elasticsearch": "8.16.1"
   },
   "plugins": {
     "archive": "1.10.0",
diff --git a/docs/src/main/paradox/docs/running-nexus/docker/docker-compose.yaml b/docs/src/main/paradox/docs/running-nexus/docker/docker-compose.yaml
index c548fbecab..bb774979c1 100644
--- a/docs/src/main/paradox/docs/running-nexus/docker/docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/docs/src/main/paradox/docs/running-nexus/docker/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ services:
           memory: 1024M
 
   elasticsearch:
-    image: "docker.elastic.co/elasticsearch/elasticsearch:8.15.1"
+    image: "docker.elastic.co/elasticsearch/elasticsearch:8.16.1"
     environment:
       discovery.type: "single-node"
       bootstrap.memory_lock: "true"
diff --git a/docs/src/main/paradox/docs/running-nexus/index.md b/docs/src/main/paradox/docs/running-nexus/index.md
index 25b31cad6b..2b43c1678a 100644
--- a/docs/src/main/paradox/docs/running-nexus/index.md
+++ b/docs/src/main/paradox/docs/running-nexus/index.md
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ $ curl http://localhost/v1/version | jq
   "delta": "1.10.0",
   "dependencies": {
     "blazegraph": "2.1.6-SNAPSHOT",
-    "elasticsearch": "8.15.1",
+    "elasticsearch": "8.16.1",
     "postgres": "16.5"
   },
   "environment": "dev",
diff --git a/tests/docker/docker-compose.yml b/tests/docker/docker-compose.yml
index ce7b58e9a0..cc84e92044 100644
--- a/tests/docker/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/tests/docker/docker-compose.yml
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ services:
       - 9090:8080
 
   elasticsearch:
-    image: docker.elastic.co/elasticsearch/elasticsearch:8.15.1
+    image: docker.elastic.co/elasticsearch/elasticsearch:8.16.1
     environment:
       ES_JAVA_OPTS: "-Xmx2G"
       discovery.type: "single-node"