diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 3157bca33e..e338bd768f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
   ([#2132](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib/pull/2132))
 - `opentelemetry-resource-detector-azure` Changed timeout to 4 seconds due to [timeout bug](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/issues/3644)
   ([#2136](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib/pull/2136))
+- Fix elastic-search instrumentation sanitization to support bulk queries
+  ([#1990](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib/pull/1990))
 
 ## Version 1.22.0/0.43b0 (2023-12-14)
 
diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-elasticsearch/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/elasticsearch/utils.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-elasticsearch/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/elasticsearch/utils.py
index 97f2bc3b87..8d91d966e0 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-elasticsearch/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/elasticsearch/utils.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-elasticsearch/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/elasticsearch/utils.py
@@ -52,9 +52,19 @@ def _unflatten_dict(d):
 
 
 def sanitize_body(body) -> str:
+    if isinstance(body, bytes):
+        body = body.decode("utf8")
+
     if isinstance(body, str):
+        body_lines = body.strip().split("\n")
+        if len(body_lines) > 1:
+            return sanitize_body(body_lines)
+
         body = json.loads(body)
 
+    if isinstance(body, list):
+        return str([sanitize_body(elem) for elem in body])
+
     flatten_body = _flatten_dict(body)
 
     for key in flatten_body:
diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-elasticsearch/tests/test_elasticsearch.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-elasticsearch/tests/test_elasticsearch.py
index 0c84cf5cd6..c4d4033017 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-elasticsearch/tests/test_elasticsearch.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-elasticsearch/tests/test_elasticsearch.py
@@ -486,3 +486,51 @@ def test_body_sanitization(self, _):
             sanitize_body(json.dumps(sanitization_queries.interval_query)),
             str(sanitization_queries.interval_query_sanitized),
         )
+        self.assertEqual(
+            sanitize_body(
+                [
+                    json.dumps(sanitization_queries.filter_query).encode("utf-8"),
+                    json.dumps(sanitization_queries.match_query).encode("utf-8"),
+                    json.dumps(sanitization_queries.interval_query).encode("utf-8"),
+                ]
+            ),
+            str(
+                [
+                    str(sanitization_queries.filter_query_sanitized),
+                    str(sanitization_queries.match_query_sanitized),
+                    str(sanitization_queries.interval_query_sanitized),
+                ]
+            ),
+        )
+
+    def test_bulk_search(self, request_mock):
+        request_mock.return_value = (2, {}, json.dumps({"items": []}))
+
+        data = [
+            {
+                "_index": "words",
+                "word": "foo",
+            },
+            {
+                "_index": "words",
+                "word": "bar",
+            },
+        ]
+        client = Elasticsearch()
+        elasticsearch.helpers.bulk(client, data)
+
+        spans = self.get_finished_spans()
+        span = spans[0]
+        self.assertEqual(1, len(spans))
+        self.assertEqual(span.name, "Elasticsearch/_bulk")
+        self.assertIsNotNone(span.end_time)
+        expected_bulk_attributes = {
+            SpanAttributes.DB_SYSTEM: "elasticsearch",
+            "elasticsearch.url": "/_bulk",
+            "elasticsearch.method": "POST",
+            SpanAttributes.DB_STATEMENT: "[\"{'index': {'_index': 'words'}}\", \"{'word': 'foo'}\", \"{'index': {'_index': 'words'}}\", \"{'word': 'bar'}\"]",
+        }
+        self.assertEqual(
+            span.attributes,
+            expected_bulk_attributes,
+        )