diff --git a/archived/vpro-shared-elasticsearch5/pom.xml b/archived/vpro-shared-elasticsearch5/pom.xml
index 83db8dad0..e6dbf008c 100644
--- a/archived/vpro-shared-elasticsearch5/pom.xml
+++ b/archived/vpro-shared-elasticsearch5/pom.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
   <artifactId>vpro-shared-elasticsearch5</artifactId>
 
   <properties>
-    <elasticsearch.version>5.5.2</elasticsearch.version><!-- tied to server version -->
+    <elasticsearch.version>8.18.8</elasticsearch.version><!-- tied to server version -->
     <lucene.elasticsearch.version>6.6.0</lucene.elasticsearch.version>
   </properties>