diff --git a/elasticsearch/example/src/test/java/example/springdata/elasticsearch/conference/ElasticsearchOperationsTest.java b/elasticsearch/example/src/test/java/example/springdata/elasticsearch/conference/ElasticsearchOperationsTest.java
index 4a52ba8a8..d641e0f46 100644
--- a/elasticsearch/example/src/test/java/example/springdata/elasticsearch/conference/ElasticsearchOperationsTest.java
+++ b/elasticsearch/example/src/test/java/example/springdata/elasticsearch/conference/ElasticsearchOperationsTest.java
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ class ElasticsearchOperationsTest {
 	private static final SimpleDateFormat format = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd");
 	@Container //
 	private static final ElasticsearchContainer container = new ElasticsearchContainer(
-			DockerImageName.parse("docker.elastic.co/elasticsearch/elasticsearch:8.7.0")) //
+			DockerImageName.parse("docker.elastic.co/elasticsearch/elasticsearch:9.0.3")) //
 			.withPassword("foobar") //
 			.withReuse(true);
 
diff --git a/elasticsearch/reactive/src/test/java/example/springdata/elasticsearch/conference/ReactiveElasticsearchOperationsTest.java b/elasticsearch/reactive/src/test/java/example/springdata/elasticsearch/conference/ReactiveElasticsearchOperationsTest.java
index 8b885d389..d446ec15c 100644
--- a/elasticsearch/reactive/src/test/java/example/springdata/elasticsearch/conference/ReactiveElasticsearchOperationsTest.java
+++ b/elasticsearch/reactive/src/test/java/example/springdata/elasticsearch/conference/ReactiveElasticsearchOperationsTest.java
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ class ReactiveElasticsearchOperationsTest {
 
 	@Container //
 	private static final ElasticsearchContainer container = new ElasticsearchContainer(
-			DockerImageName.parse("docker.elastic.co/elasticsearch/elasticsearch:8.7.0")) //
+			DockerImageName.parse("docker.elastic.co/elasticsearch/elasticsearch:9.0.3")) //
 			.withPassword("foobar") //
 			.withReuse(true);
 
diff --git a/elasticsearch/reactive/src/test/java/example/springdata/elasticsearch/conference/ReactiveElasticsearchRepositoryTest.java b/elasticsearch/reactive/src/test/java/example/springdata/elasticsearch/conference/ReactiveElasticsearchRepositoryTest.java
index a48d338cf..ca921b883 100644
--- a/elasticsearch/reactive/src/test/java/example/springdata/elasticsearch/conference/ReactiveElasticsearchRepositoryTest.java
+++ b/elasticsearch/reactive/src/test/java/example/springdata/elasticsearch/conference/ReactiveElasticsearchRepositoryTest.java
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ class ReactiveElasticsearchRepositoryTest {
 
 	@Container //
 	private static final ElasticsearchContainer container = new ElasticsearchContainer(
-			DockerImageName.parse("docker.elastic.co/elasticsearch/elasticsearch:8.7.0")) //
+			DockerImageName.parse("docker.elastic.co/elasticsearch/elasticsearch:9.0.3")) //
 			.withPassword("foobar") //
 			.withReuse(true);