diff --git a/build-tools-internal/version.properties b/build-tools-internal/version.properties
index 6205be297393b..241c12f362789 100644
--- a/build-tools-internal/version.properties
+++ b/build-tools-internal/version.properties
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-elasticsearch     = 8.17.0
+elasticsearch     = 8.18.0
 lucene            = 9.12.0
 
 bundled_jdk_vendor = openjdk