diff --git a/log4j-layout-template-json-test/pom.xml b/log4j-layout-template-json-test/pom.xml
index 6fd11d134aa..086b96d46bf 100644
--- a/log4j-layout-template-json-test/pom.xml
+++ b/log4j-layout-template-json-test/pom.xml
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
          2. The Docker image version of the ELK-stack
 
          As of 2024-09-16, these all (Maven artifacts and Elastic products) get released with the same version. -->
-    <elastic.version>8.15.3</elastic.version>
+    <elastic.version>8.16.0</elastic.version>
 
   </properties>
 
diff --git a/src/changelog/.3.x.x/update_co_elastic_clients_elasticsearch_java.xml b/src/changelog/.3.x.x/update_co_elastic_clients_elasticsearch_java.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d20afdfd653
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/changelog/.3.x.x/update_co_elastic_clients_elasticsearch_java.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<entry xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+       xmlns="https://logging.apache.org/xml/ns"
+       xsi:schemaLocation="https://logging.apache.org/xml/ns https://logging.apache.org/xml/ns/log4j-changelog-0.xsd"
+       type="updated">
+  <issue id="3200" link="https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/pull/3200"/>
+  <description format="asciidoc">Update `co.elastic.clients:elasticsearch-java` to version `8.16.0`</description>
+</entry>