diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a77df2e1f..edcc7e6cb 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 	<url>https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-data-elasticsearch</url>
 
 	<properties>
-		<elasticsearch>7.16.2</elasticsearch>
+		<elasticsearch>7.16.3</elasticsearch>
 		<log4j>2.17.0</log4j>
 		<netty>4.1.65.Final</netty>
 		<springdata.commons>2.7.0-SNAPSHOT</springdata.commons>
diff --git a/src/main/asciidoc/preface.adoc b/src/main/asciidoc/preface.adoc
index db5556b77..c4e58718a 100644
--- a/src/main/asciidoc/preface.adoc
+++ b/src/main/asciidoc/preface.adoc
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ The following table shows the Elasticsearch versions that are used by Spring Dat
 [cols="^,^,^,^,^",options="header"]
 |===
 | Spring Data Release Train | Spring Data Elasticsearch | Elasticsearch | Spring Framework | Spring Boot
-| 2022.0 (Raj) | 4.4.x | 7.16.2 | 5.3.x | 2.7.x
+| 2022.0 (Raj) | 4.4.x | 7.16.3 | 5.3.x | 2.7.x
 | 2021.1 (Q) | 4.3.x | 7.15.2 | 5.3.x | 2.6.x
 | 2021.0 (Pascal) | 4.2.x | 7.12.0 | 5.3.x | 2.5.x
 | 2020.0 (Ockham)footnote:oom[Out of maintenance] | 4.1.xfootnote:oom[] | 7.9.3 | 5.3.2 | 2.4.x
diff --git a/src/main/asciidoc/reference/elasticsearch-new.adoc b/src/main/asciidoc/reference/elasticsearch-new.adoc
index dd961726a..cd00fe899 100644
--- a/src/main/asciidoc/reference/elasticsearch-new.adoc
+++ b/src/main/asciidoc/reference/elasticsearch-new.adoc
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 [[new-features.4-4-0]]
 == New in Spring Data Elasticsearch 4.4
 
-* Upgrade to Elasticsearch 7.16.2.
+* Upgrade to Elasticsearch 7.16.3.
 
 [[new-features.4-3-0]]
 == New in Spring Data Elasticsearch 4.3
diff --git a/src/test/resources/testcontainers-elasticsearch.properties b/src/test/resources/testcontainers-elasticsearch.properties
index 097790d83..f309cd3a8 100644
--- a/src/test/resources/testcontainers-elasticsearch.properties
+++ b/src/test/resources/testcontainers-elasticsearch.properties
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 # properties defining the image, these are not passed to the container on startup
 #
 sde.testcontainers.image-name=docker.elastic.co/elasticsearch/elasticsearch
-sde.testcontainers.image-version=7.16.2
+sde.testcontainers.image-version=7.16.3
 #
 #
 # needed as we do a DELETE /* at the end of the tests, will be required from 8.0 on, produces a warning since 7.13