diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 8d4a07dae..747edaccb 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 		<springdata.commons>3.5.0-SNAPSHOT</springdata.commons>
 
 		<!-- version of the ElasticsearchClient	-->
-		<elasticsearch-java>8.16.1</elasticsearch-java>
+		<elasticsearch-java>8.17.0</elasticsearch-java>
 
 		<hoverfly>0.19.0</hoverfly>
 		<log4j>2.23.1</log4j>
diff --git a/src/main/antora/modules/ROOT/pages/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-new.adoc b/src/main/antora/modules/ROOT/pages/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-new.adoc
index 53990f678..4f481f347 100644
--- a/src/main/antora/modules/ROOT/pages/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-new.adoc
+++ b/src/main/antora/modules/ROOT/pages/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-new.adoc
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 [[new-features.5-5-0]]
 == New in Spring Data Elasticsearch 5.5
-* Upgrade to Elasticsearch 8.16.1.
+* Upgrade to Elasticsearch 8.17.0.
 
 [[new-features.5-4-0]]
 == New in Spring Data Elasticsearch 5.4
diff --git a/src/main/antora/modules/ROOT/pages/elasticsearch/versions.adoc b/src/main/antora/modules/ROOT/pages/elasticsearch/versions.adoc
index 962dd82aa..05533ddb6 100644
--- a/src/main/antora/modules/ROOT/pages/elasticsearch/versions.adoc
+++ b/src/main/antora/modules/ROOT/pages/elasticsearch/versions.adoc
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ The following table shows the Elasticsearch and Spring versions that are used by
 [cols="^,^,^,^",options="header"]
 |===
 | Spring Data Release Train | Spring Data Elasticsearch | Elasticsearch | Spring Framework
-| 2025.0 (in development) | 5.5.x | 8.16.1 | 6.2.x
+| 2025.0 (in development) | 5.5.x | 8.17.0 | 6.2.x
 | 2024.1 | 5.4.x | 8.15.5 | 6.1.x
 | 2024.0 | 5.3.x | 8.13.4 | 6.1.x
 | 2023.1 (Vaughan) | 5.2.xfootnote:oom[Out of maintenance] | 8.11.1 | 6.1.x
diff --git a/src/test/resources/testcontainers-elasticsearch.properties b/src/test/resources/testcontainers-elasticsearch.properties
index 3f55e3381..073308e0c 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=8.16.1
+sde.testcontainers.image-version=8.17.0
 #
 #
 # 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