diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index a0a15c38e..a1a35b02f 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ PATH
       devise
       devise-i18n
       devise-jwt
-      elasticsearch-model (~> 7)
+      elasticsearch-model (>= 7, < 9)
       elasticsearch-rails (~> 7)
       font-awesome-sass (~> 6.5)
       friendly_id (>= 5.2, < 5.6)
@@ -285,20 +285,19 @@ GEM
     easy_translate (0.5.1)
       thread
       thread_safe
-    elasticsearch (7.17.11)
-      elasticsearch-api (= 7.17.11)
-      elasticsearch-transport (= 7.17.11)
-    elasticsearch-api (7.17.11)
+    elastic-transport (8.4.0)
+      faraday (< 3)
       multi_json
-    elasticsearch-model (7.2.1)
+    elasticsearch (8.19.1)
+      elastic-transport (~> 8.3)
+      elasticsearch-api (= 8.19.1)
+    elasticsearch-api (8.19.1)
+      multi_json
+    elasticsearch-model (8.0.1)
       activesupport (> 3)
-      elasticsearch (~> 7)
+      elasticsearch (~> 8)
       hashie
     elasticsearch-rails (7.2.1)
-    elasticsearch-transport (7.17.11)
-      base64
-      faraday (>= 1, < 3)
-      multi_json
     erb (5.0.2)
     erubi (1.13.1)
     et-orbi (1.3.0)
diff --git a/better_together.gemspec b/better_together.gemspec
index f7b86ab58..2b5dc0faa 100644
--- a/better_together.gemspec
+++ b/better_together.gemspec
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
   spec.add_dependency 'devise'
   spec.add_dependency 'devise-i18n'
   spec.add_dependency 'devise-jwt'
-  spec.add_dependency 'elasticsearch-model', '~> 7'
+  spec.add_dependency 'elasticsearch-model', '>= 7', '< 9'
   spec.add_dependency 'elasticsearch-rails', '~> 7'
   spec.add_dependency 'font-awesome-sass', '~> 6.5'
   spec.add_dependency 'friendly_id', '>= 5.2', '< 5.6'