diff --git a/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/elasticsearch/ElasticsearchContainer.java b/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/elasticsearch/ElasticsearchContainer.java
index 5a64a5e67a2..f8b9f779519 100644
--- a/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/elasticsearch/ElasticsearchContainer.java
+++ b/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/elasticsearch/ElasticsearchContainer.java
@@ -102,10 +102,11 @@ public ElasticsearchContainer(final DockerImageName dockerImageName) {
         this.isAtLeastMajorVersion8 =
             new ComparableVersion(dockerImageName.getVersionPart()).isGreaterThanOrEqualTo("8.0.0");
         // regex that
+        //   matches 8.3 JSON logging with started message and some follow up content within the message field
         //   matches 8.0 JSON logging with no whitespace between message field and content
         //   matches 7.x JSON logging with whitespace between message field and content
         //   matches 6.x text logging with node name in brackets and just a 'started' message till the end of the line
-        String regex = ".*(\"message\":\\s?\"started\".*|] started\n$)";
+        String regex = ".*(\"message\":\\s?\"started[\\s?|\"].*|] started\n$)";
         setWaitStrategy(new LogMessageWaitStrategy().withRegEx(regex));
         if (isAtLeastMajorVersion8) {
             withPassword(ELASTICSEARCH_DEFAULT_PASSWORD);
diff --git a/modules/elasticsearch/src/test/java/org/testcontainers/elasticsearch/ElasticsearchContainerTest.java b/modules/elasticsearch/src/test/java/org/testcontainers/elasticsearch/ElasticsearchContainerTest.java
index 4427163ca56..9fcfc45af76 100644
--- a/modules/elasticsearch/src/test/java/org/testcontainers/elasticsearch/ElasticsearchContainerTest.java
+++ b/modules/elasticsearch/src/test/java/org/testcontainers/elasticsearch/ElasticsearchContainerTest.java
@@ -150,6 +150,20 @@ public void elasticsearchVersion() throws IOException {
         }
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void elasticsearchVersion83() throws IOException {
+        try (
+            ElasticsearchContainer container = new ElasticsearchContainer(
+                "docker.elastic.co/elasticsearch/elasticsearch:8.3.0"
+            )
+        ) {
+            container.start();
+            Response response = getClient(container).performRequest(new Request("GET", "/"));
+            assertThat(response.getStatusLine().getStatusCode(), is(200));
+            assertThat(EntityUtils.toString(response.getEntity()), containsString("8.3.0"));
+        }
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void elasticsearchOssImage() throws IOException {
         try (
@@ -406,10 +420,15 @@ private RestClient getClient(ElasticsearchContainer container) {
                 new UsernamePasswordCredentials(ELASTICSEARCH_USERNAME, ELASTICSEARCH_PASSWORD)
             );
 
+            String protocol = container.caCertAsBytes().isPresent() ? "https://" : "http://";
+
             client =
                 RestClient
-                    .builder(HttpHost.create(container.getHttpHostAddress()))
+                    .builder(HttpHost.create(protocol + container.getHttpHostAddress()))
                     .setHttpClientConfigCallback(httpClientBuilder -> {
+                        if (container.caCertAsBytes().isPresent()) {
+                            httpClientBuilder.setSSLContext(container.createSslContextFromCa());
+                        }
                         return httpClientBuilder.setDefaultCredentialsProvider(credentialsProvider);
                     })
                     .build();