diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index cbbd7cb6d..fe0e8b2c3 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@
 		<springdata.commons>4.1.1-SNAPSHOT</springdata.commons>
 
 		<!-- version of the ElasticsearchClient	-->
-		<elasticsearch-java>9.4.2</elasticsearch-java>
-		<elasticsearch-rest-client>9.4.2</elasticsearch-rest-client>
+		<elasticsearch-java>9.4.3</elasticsearch-java>
+		<elasticsearch-rest-client>9.4.3</elasticsearch-rest-client>
 
 		<hoverfly>0.20.2</hoverfly>
 		<log4j>2.25.4</log4j>
diff --git a/src/main/antora/modules/ROOT/pages/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-new.adoc b/src/main/antora/modules/ROOT/pages/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-new.adoc
index 2d6170020..e79785b49 100644
--- a/src/main/antora/modules/ROOT/pages/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-new.adoc
+++ b/src/main/antora/modules/ROOT/pages/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-new.adoc
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 [[new-features]]
 = What's new
 
+[[new-features.6-1-1]]
+== New in Spring Data Elasticsearch 6.1.1
+
+* Upgrade to Elasticsearch 9.4.3
+
 [[new-features.6-1-0]]
 == New in Spring Data Elasticsearch 6.1
 
diff --git a/src/main/antora/modules/ROOT/pages/elasticsearch/versions.adoc b/src/main/antora/modules/ROOT/pages/elasticsearch/versions.adoc
index 76b310550..d6f22ba1b 100644
--- a/src/main/antora/modules/ROOT/pages/elasticsearch/versions.adoc
+++ b/src/main/antora/modules/ROOT/pages/elasticsearch/versions.adoc
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ The following table shows the Elasticsearch and Spring versions that are used by
 [cols="^,^,^,^",options="header"]
 |===
 | Spring Data Release Train | Spring Data Elasticsearch | Elasticsearch | Spring Framework
-| 2026.0 | 6.1.x | 9.4.2 | 7.0.x
+| 2026.0 | 6.1.x | 9.4.3 | 7.0.x
 | 2025.1 | 6.0.x | 9.2.2 | 7.0.x
 | 2025.0 | 5.5.xfootnote:oom[Out of maintenance] | 8.18.1 | 6.2.x
 | 2024.1 | 5.4.xfootnote:oom[] | 8.15.5 | 6.1.x
diff --git a/src/test/resources/testcontainers-elasticsearch.properties b/src/test/resources/testcontainers-elasticsearch.properties
index b3ccc12a9..fe904f17c 100644
--- a/src/test/resources/testcontainers-elasticsearch.properties
+++ b/src/test/resources/testcontainers-elasticsearch.properties
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 #
 #
 sde.testcontainers.image-name=docker.elastic.co/elasticsearch/elasticsearch
-sde.testcontainers.image-version=9.4.2
+sde.testcontainers.image-version=9.4.3
 #
 #
 # 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