diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 680fc0a9..ae083313 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 		<!-- version of the RestHighLevelClient	-->
 		<elasticsearch-rhlc>7.17.6</elasticsearch-rhlc>
 		<!-- version of the new ElasticsearchClient	-->
-		<elasticsearch-java>8.4.2</elasticsearch-java>
+		<elasticsearch-java>8.4.3</elasticsearch-java>
 
 		<log4j>2.18.0</log4j>
 		<netty>4.1.65.Final</netty>
diff --git a/src/main/asciidoc/preface.adoc b/src/main/asciidoc/preface.adoc
index 675c6f05..00e7836e 100644
--- a/src/main/asciidoc/preface.adoc
+++ b/src/main/asciidoc/preface.adoc
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ built and tested.
 [cols="^,^,^,^,^",options="header"]
 |===
 | Spring Data Release Train | Spring Data Elasticsearch | Elasticsearch | Spring Framework | Spring Boot
-| 2022.0 (Turing) | 5.0.x | 8.4.2 | 6.0.x | 3.0.x?
+| 2022.0 (Turing) | 5.0.x | 8.4.3 | 6.0.x | 3.0.x?
 | 2021.2 (Raj) | 4.4.x | 7.17.3 | 5.3.x | 2.7.x
 | 2021.1 (Q) | 4.3.x | 7.15.2 | 5.3.x | 2.6.x
 | 2021.0 (Pascal) | 4.2.xfootnote:oom[Out of maintenance] | 7.12.0 | 5.3.x | 2.5.x
diff --git a/src/main/asciidoc/reference/elasticsearch-migration-guide-4.4-5.0.adoc b/src/main/asciidoc/reference/elasticsearch-migration-guide-4.4-5.0.adoc
index 899ed741..58cf38df 100644
--- a/src/main/asciidoc/reference/elasticsearch-migration-guide-4.4-5.0.adoc
+++ b/src/main/asciidoc/reference/elasticsearch-migration-guide-4.4-5.0.adoc
@@ -159,4 +159,4 @@ The old deprecated `RestHighLevelClient` can still be used, but you will need to
 ----
 ====
 
-Make sure to specify the version 7.17.6 explicitly, otherwise maven will resolve to 8.4.2, and this does not exist.
+Make sure to specify the version 7.17.6 explicitly, otherwise maven will resolve to 8.4.3, and this does not exist.
diff --git a/src/test/resources/testcontainers-elasticsearch.properties b/src/test/resources/testcontainers-elasticsearch.properties
index 7206e596..226bf0b0 100644
--- a/src/test/resources/testcontainers-elasticsearch.properties
+++ b/src/test/resources/testcontainers-elasticsearch.properties
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 #
 #
 sde.testcontainers.image-name=docker.elastic.co/elasticsearch/elasticsearch
-sde.testcontainers.image-version=8.4.2
+sde.testcontainers.image-version=8.4.3
 #
 #
 # needed as we do a DELETE /* at the end of the tests, will be required from 8.0 on, produces a warning since 7.13