diff --git a/module/spring-boot-elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/elasticsearch/autoconfigure/ElasticsearchConnectionDetails.java b/module/spring-boot-elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/elasticsearch/autoconfigure/ElasticsearchConnectionDetails.java
index 6c3ae2511620..10b99bd6f8ea 100644
--- a/module/spring-boot-elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/elasticsearch/autoconfigure/ElasticsearchConnectionDetails.java
+++ b/module/spring-boot-elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/elasticsearch/autoconfigure/ElasticsearchConnectionDetails.java
@@ -57,6 +57,14 @@ public interface ElasticsearchConnectionDetails extends ConnectionDetails {
 		return null;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * APIKey for authentication with Elasticsearch.
+	 * @return APIKey for authentication with Elasticsearch or {@code null}
+	 */
+	default @Nullable String getAPIKey() {
+		return null;
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Prefix added to the path of every request sent to Elasticsearch.
 	 * @return prefix added to the path of every request sent to Elasticsearch or
diff --git a/module/spring-boot-elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/elasticsearch/autoconfigure/ElasticsearchProperties.java b/module/spring-boot-elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/elasticsearch/autoconfigure/ElasticsearchProperties.java
index d6d98718686a..4189533bb422 100644
--- a/module/spring-boot-elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/elasticsearch/autoconfigure/ElasticsearchProperties.java
+++ b/module/spring-boot-elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/elasticsearch/autoconfigure/ElasticsearchProperties.java
@@ -48,6 +48,10 @@ public class ElasticsearchProperties {
 	 * Password for authentication with Elasticsearch.
 	 */
 	private @Nullable String password;
+	/**
+	 * APIKey for authentication with Elasticsearch.
+	 */
+	private @Nullable String APIKey;
 
 	/**
 	 * Connection timeout used when communicating with Elasticsearch.
@@ -95,6 +99,14 @@ public void setPassword(@Nullable String password) {
 		this.password = password;
 	}
 
+	public @Nullable String getAPIKey() {
+		return this.APIKey;
+	}
+
+	public void setAPIKey(@Nullable String APIKey) {
+		this.APIKey = APIKey;
+	}
+
 	public Duration getConnectionTimeout() {
 		return this.connectionTimeout;
 	}
diff --git a/module/spring-boot-elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/elasticsearch/autoconfigure/ElasticsearchRestClientConfigurations.java b/module/spring-boot-elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/elasticsearch/autoconfigure/ElasticsearchRestClientConfigurations.java
index 5ca31778274c..253c7727fdfc 100644
--- a/module/spring-boot-elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/elasticsearch/autoconfigure/ElasticsearchRestClientConfigurations.java
+++ b/module/spring-boot-elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/elasticsearch/autoconfigure/ElasticsearchRestClientConfigurations.java
@@ -36,7 +36,9 @@
 import org.apache.hc.client5.http.impl.nio.PoolingAsyncClientConnectionManagerBuilder;
 import org.apache.hc.client5.http.ssl.DefaultClientTlsStrategy;
 import org.apache.hc.client5.http.ssl.NoopHostnameVerifier;
+import org.apache.hc.core5.http.Header;
 import org.apache.hc.core5.http.HttpHost;
+import org.apache.hc.core5.http.message.BasicHeader;
 import org.apache.hc.core5.reactor.IOReactorConfig;
 import org.apache.hc.core5.reactor.ssl.SSLBufferMode;
 import org.apache.hc.core5.util.Timeout;
@@ -67,6 +69,7 @@
  * @author Moritz Halbritter
  * @author Andy Wilkinson
  * @author Phillip Webb
+ * @author Laura Trotta
  */
 class ElasticsearchRestClientConfigurations {
 
@@ -99,6 +102,11 @@ Rest5ClientBuilder elasticsearchRestClientBuilder(ElasticsearchConnectionDetails
 				.stream()
 				.map((node) -> new HttpHost(node.protocol().getScheme(), node.hostname(), node.port()))
 				.toArray(HttpHost[]::new));
+			if (connectionDetails.getAPIKey() != null) {
+				builder.setDefaultHeaders(new Header[]{
+						new BasicHeader("Authorization", "ApiKey " + connectionDetails.getAPIKey()),
+				});
+			}
 			builder.setHttpClientConfigCallback((httpClientBuilder) -> builderCustomizers.orderedStream()
 				.forEach((customizer) -> customizer.customize(httpClientBuilder)));
 			builder.setConnectionManagerCallback((connectionManagerBuilder) -> builderCustomizers.orderedStream()
@@ -275,6 +283,11 @@ public List<Node> getNodes() {
 			return this.properties.getPassword();
 		}
 
+		@Override
+		public @Nullable String getAPIKey() {
+			return this.properties.getAPIKey();
+		}
+
 		@Override
 		public @Nullable String getPathPrefix() {
 			return this.properties.getPathPrefix();
diff --git a/module/spring-boot-elasticsearch/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/elasticsearch/autoconfigure/ElasticsearchRestClientAutoConfigurationTests.java b/module/spring-boot-elasticsearch/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/elasticsearch/autoconfigure/ElasticsearchRestClientAutoConfigurationTests.java
index a80a819d0d63..d35091a1bf12 100644
--- a/module/spring-boot-elasticsearch/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/elasticsearch/autoconfigure/ElasticsearchRestClientAutoConfigurationTests.java
+++ b/module/spring-boot-elasticsearch/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/elasticsearch/autoconfigure/ElasticsearchRestClientAutoConfigurationTests.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 import java.time.Duration;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Optional;
 
 import co.elastic.clients.transport.rest5_client.low_level.Node;
 import co.elastic.clients.transport.rest5_client.low_level.Rest5Client;
@@ -33,6 +34,7 @@
 import org.apache.hc.client5.http.impl.async.HttpAsyncClientBuilder;
 import org.apache.hc.client5.http.impl.nio.PoolingAsyncClientConnectionManagerBuilder;
 import org.apache.hc.core5.function.Resolver;
+import org.apache.hc.core5.http.Header;
 import org.apache.hc.core5.http.HttpHost;
 import org.apache.hc.core5.http.config.Registry;
 import org.apache.hc.core5.util.Timeout;
@@ -47,6 +49,7 @@
 import org.springframework.boot.testsupport.classpath.resources.WithPackageResources;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
+import org.springframework.web.client.RestClient;
 
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
 import static org.mockito.BDDMockito.then;
@@ -62,6 +65,7 @@
  * @author Andy Wilkinson
  * @author Moritz Halbritter
  * @author Phillip Webb
+ * @author Laura Trotta
  */
 class ElasticsearchRestClientAutoConfigurationTests {
 
@@ -134,6 +138,25 @@ void configureUriWithNoScheme() {
 		});
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	void configureUriWithAPiKey() {
+		this.contextRunner.withPropertyValues("spring.elasticsearch.uris=http://user@localhost:9200","spring.elasticsearch.apikey=some-apiKey").run((context) -> {
+			Rest5Client client = context.getBean(Rest5Client.class);
+			assertThat(client.getNodes().stream().map(Node::getHost).map(HttpHost::toString))
+					.containsExactly("http://localhost:9200");
+			assertThat(client)
+					.extracting("defaultHeaders", InstanceOfAssertFactories.list(Header.class))
+					.satisfies(( defaultHeaders) -> {
+						Optional<? extends Header> authHeader = defaultHeaders.stream()
+								.filter(x -> x.getName().equals("Authorization"))
+								.findFirst();
+						assertThat(authHeader).isPresent();
+						assertThat(authHeader.get().getValue()).isEqualTo("ApiKey some-apiKey");
+					});
+		});
+	}
+
+
 	@Test
 	void configureUriWithUsernameOnly() {
 		this.contextRunner.withPropertyValues("spring.elasticsearch.uris=http://user@localhost:9200").run((context) -> {