diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 8797b9992a..7a10579947 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
   ([#2151](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib/issues/2298))
 - Avoid losing repeated HTTP headers
   ([#2266](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib/pull/2266))
+- `opentelemetry-instrumentation-elasticsearch` Don't send bulk request body as db statement
+  ([#2355](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib/pull/2355))
 
 ## Version 1.23.0/0.44b0 (2024-02-23)
 
diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-elasticsearch/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/elasticsearch/__init__.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-elasticsearch/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/elasticsearch/__init__.py
index dd72a5235e..0f5056de83 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-elasticsearch/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/elasticsearch/__init__.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-elasticsearch/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/elasticsearch/__init__.py
@@ -245,9 +245,11 @@ def wrapper(wrapped, _, args, kwargs):
                 if method:
                     attributes["elasticsearch.method"] = method
                 if body:
-                    attributes[SpanAttributes.DB_STATEMENT] = sanitize_body(
-                        body
-                    )
+                    # Don't set db.statement for bulk requests, as it can be very large
+                    if isinstance(body, dict):
+                        attributes[
+                            SpanAttributes.DB_STATEMENT
+                        ] = sanitize_body(body)
                 if params:
                     attributes["elasticsearch.params"] = str(params)
                 if doc_id:
diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-elasticsearch/tests/test_elasticsearch.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-elasticsearch/tests/test_elasticsearch.py
index 0c84cf5cd6..6008108d79 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-elasticsearch/tests/test_elasticsearch.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-elasticsearch/tests/test_elasticsearch.py
@@ -51,6 +51,8 @@
 
 Article = helpers.Article
 
+# pylint: disable=too-many-public-methods
+
 
 @mock.patch(
     "elasticsearch.connection.http_urllib3.Urllib3HttpConnection.perform_request"
@@ -486,3 +488,35 @@ def test_body_sanitization(self, _):
             sanitize_body(json.dumps(sanitization_queries.interval_query)),
             str(sanitization_queries.interval_query_sanitized),
         )
+
+    def test_bulk(self, request_mock):
+        request_mock.return_value = (1, {}, "")
+
+        es = Elasticsearch()
+        es.bulk(
+            [
+                {
+                    "_op_type": "index",
+                    "_index": "sw",
+                    "_doc_type": "_doc",
+                    "_id": 1,
+                    "doc": {"name": "adam"},
+                },
+                {
+                    "_op_type": "index",
+                    "_index": "sw",
+                    "_doc_type": "_doc",
+                    "_id": 1,
+                    "doc": {"name": "adam"},
+                },
+            ]
+        )
+
+        spans_list = self.get_finished_spans()
+        self.assertEqual(len(spans_list), 1)
+        span = spans_list[0]
+
+        # Check version and name in span's instrumentation info
+        self.assertEqualSpanInstrumentationInfo(
+            span, opentelemetry.instrumentation.elasticsearch
+        )