diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index e16ce10..6ef8048 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ go 1.23.2
 require (
 	github.com/conduitio/conduit-commons v0.4.0
 	github.com/conduitio/conduit-connector-sdk v0.11.0
-	github.com/elastic/go-elasticsearch v0.0.0
 	github.com/elastic/go-elasticsearch/v5 v5.6.1
 	github.com/elastic/go-elasticsearch/v6 v6.8.10
 	github.com/elastic/go-elasticsearch/v7 v7.17.10
diff --git a/internal/elasticsearch/v8/search.go b/internal/elasticsearch/v8/search.go
index d66a6de..1b5a620 100644
--- a/internal/elasticsearch/v8/search.go
+++ b/internal/elasticsearch/v8/search.go
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/conduitio-labs/conduit-connector-elasticsearch/internal/elasticsearch/api"
 
-	"github.com/elastic/go-elasticsearch/esapi"
+	"github.com/elastic/go-elasticsearch/v8/esapi"
 )
 
 // Search calls the elasticsearch search api and retuns SearchResponse read from an index.