Release version 5.5.3 (2025.0.3).

See #3134

.github/workflows/codeql.yml

@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-# GitHub Actions for CodeQL Scanning
-
-name: "CodeQL Advanced"
-
-on:
-  push:
-  pull_request:
-  workflow_dispatch:
-  schedule:
-    # https://docs.github.com/en/actions/writing-workflows/choosing-when-your-workflow-runs/events-that-trigger-workflows#schedule
-    - cron: '0 5 * * *'
-
-permissions: read-all
-
-jobs:
-  codeql-analysis-call:
-    permissions:
-      actions: read
-      contents: read
-      security-events: write
-    uses: spring-io/github-actions/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml@1

.github/workflows/project.yml

@@ -1,45 +0,0 @@
-# GitHub Actions to automate GitHub issues for Spring Data Project Management
-
-name: Spring Data GitHub Issues
-
-on:
-  issues:
-    types: [opened, edited, reopened]
-  issue_comment:
-    types: [created]
-  pull_request_target:
-    types: [opened, edited, reopened]
-
-permissions:
-  contents: read
-  issues: write
-  pull-requests: write
-
-jobs:
-  Inbox:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    if: github.repository_owner == 'spring-projects' && (github.event.action == 'opened' || github.event.action == 'reopened') && github.event.pull_request == null && !contains(join(github.event.issue.labels.*.name, ', '), 'dependency-upgrade') && !contains(github.event.issue.title, 'Release ')
-    steps:
-      - name: Create or Update Issue Card
-        uses: actions/add-to-project@v1.0.2
-        with:
-          project-url: https://github.com/orgs/spring-projects/projects/25
-          github-token: ${{ secrets.GH_ISSUES_TOKEN_SPRING_DATA }}
-  Pull-Request:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    if: github.repository_owner == 'spring-projects' && (github.event.action == 'opened' || github.event.action == 'reopened') && github.event.pull_request != null
-    steps:
-      - name: Create or Update Pull Request Card
-        uses: actions/add-to-project@v1.0.2
-        with:
-          project-url: https://github.com/orgs/spring-projects/projects/25
-          github-token: ${{ secrets.GH_ISSUES_TOKEN_SPRING_DATA }}
-  Feedback-Provided:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    if: github.repository_owner == 'spring-projects' && github.event_name == 'issue_comment' && github.event.action == 'created' && github.actor != 'spring-projects-issues' && github.event.pull_request == null && github.event.issue.state == 'open' && contains(toJSON(github.event.issue.labels), 'waiting-for-feedback')
-    steps:
-      - name: Update Project Card
-        uses: actions/add-to-project@v1.0.2
-        with:
-          project-url: https://github.com/orgs/spring-projects/projects/25
-          github-token: ${{ secrets.GH_ISSUES_TOKEN_SPRING_DATA }}

.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.properties

@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-#Thu Jul 17 14:04:44 CEST 2025
+#Thu Jul 17 14:00:55 CEST 2025
 wrapperUrl=https\://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/io/takari/maven-wrapper/0.5.6/maven-wrapper-0.5.6.jar
 distributionUrl=https\://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/org/apache/maven/apache-maven/3.9.11/apache-maven-3.9.11-bin.zip

Jenkinsfile

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ pipeline {
 
 	triggers {
 		pollSCM 'H/10 * * * *'
-		upstream(upstreamProjects: "spring-data-commons/3.4.x", threshold: hudson.model.Result.SUCCESS)
+		upstream(upstreamProjects: "spring-data-commons/3.5.x", threshold: hudson.model.Result.SUCCESS)
 	}
 
 	options {

README.adoc

@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ public class MyService {
 
 === Using the RestClient
 
-Please check the [official documentation](https://docs.spring.io/spring-data/elasticsearch/docs/current/reference/html/#elasticsearch.clients.configuration).
+Please check the https://docs.spring.io/spring-data/elasticsearch/docs/current/reference/html/#elasticsearch.clients.configuration[official documentation].
 
 === Maven configuration
 
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ Building the documentation builds also the project without running tests.
  $ ./mvnw clean install -Pantora
 ----
 
-The generated documentation is available from `target/antora/site/index.html`.
+The generated documentation is available from `target/site/index.html`.
 
 == Examples
 

SECURITY.adoc

@@ -1,15 +1,9 @@
-= Security Policy
+# Security Policy
 
-== Reporting a Vulnerability
+## Supported Versions
 
-Please, https://github.com/spring-projects/security-advisories/security/advisories/new[open a draft security advisory] if you need to disclose and discuss a security issue in private with the Spring Data team.
-Note that we only accept reports against https://spring.io/projects/spring-data#support[supported versions].
+Please see the https://spring.io/projects/spring-data-elasticsearch[Spring Data Elasticsearch] project page for supported versions.
 
-For more details, check out our https://spring.io/security-policy[security policy].
+## Reporting a Vulnerability
 
-== JAR signing
-
-Spring Data JARs released on Maven Central are signed.
-You'll find more information about the key here: https://spring.io/GPG-KEY-spring.txt
-
-Versions released prior to 2023 may be signed with a different key.
+Please don't raise security vulnerabilities here. Head over to https://pivotal.io/security to learn how to disclose them responsibly.

ci/pipeline.properties

@@ -7,22 +7,18 @@ docker.java.main.image=library/eclipse-temurin:${java.main.tag}
 docker.java.next.image=library/eclipse-temurin:${java.next.tag}
 
 # Supported versions of MongoDB
-docker.mongodb.4.4.version=4.4.25
-docker.mongodb.5.0.version=5.0.21
-docker.mongodb.6.0.version=6.0.10
-docker.mongodb.7.0.version=7.0.2
-docker.mongodb.8.0.version=8.0.0
+docker.mongodb.6.0.version=6.0.23
+docker.mongodb.7.0.version=7.0.20
+docker.mongodb.8.0.version=8.0.9
 
 # Supported versions of Redis
 docker.redis.6.version=6.2.13
 docker.redis.7.version=7.2.4
-
-# Supported versions of Cassandra
-docker.cassandra.3.version=3.11.16
+docker.valkey.8.version=8.1.1
 
 # Docker environment settings
-docker.java.inside.basic=-v $HOME:/tmp/jenkins-home --ulimit nofile=32000:32000
-docker.java.inside.docker=-u root -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock -v /usr/bin/docker:/usr/bin/docker -v $HOME:/tmp/jenkins-home --ulimit nofile=32000:32000
+docker.java.inside.basic=-v $HOME:/tmp/jenkins-home
+docker.java.inside.docker=-u root -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock -v /usr/bin/docker:/usr/bin/docker -v $HOME:/tmp/jenkins-home
 
 # Credentials
 docker.registry=

pom.xml

@@ -5,12 +5,12 @@
 
 	<groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId>
 	<artifactId>spring-data-elasticsearch</artifactId>
-	<version>5.4.14-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>5.5.3</version>
 
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.springframework.data.build</groupId>
 		<artifactId>spring-data-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>3.4.14-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>3.5.3</version>
 	</parent>
 
 	<name>Spring Data Elasticsearch</name>
@@ -18,10 +18,10 @@
 	<url>https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-data-elasticsearch</url>
 
 	<properties>
-		<springdata.commons>3.4.14-SNAPSHOT</springdata.commons>
+		<springdata.commons>3.5.3</springdata.commons>
 
 		<!-- version of the ElasticsearchClient	-->
-		<elasticsearch-java>8.15.5</elasticsearch-java>
+		<elasticsearch-java>8.18.5</elasticsearch-java>
 
 		<hoverfly>0.19.0</hoverfly>
 		<log4j>2.23.1</log4j>
@@ -41,15 +41,6 @@
 	</properties>
 
 	<developers>
-		<developer>
-			<id>sothawo</id>
-			<name>Peter-Josef Meisch</name>
-			<email>pj.meisch at sothawo.com</email>
-			<roles>
-				<role>Project Lead</role>
-			</roles>
-			<timezone>+1</timezone>
-		</developer>
 		<developer>
 			<id>biomedcentral</id>
 			<name>BioMed Central Development Team</name>
@@ -86,6 +77,11 @@
 		</developerConnection>
 	</scm>
 
+	<ciManagement>
+		<system>Bamboo</system>
+		<url>https://build.spring.io/browse/SPRINGDATAES</url>
+	</ciManagement>
+
 	<issueManagement>
 		<system>GitHub</system>
 		<url>https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-data-elasticsearch/issues</url>
@@ -136,6 +132,18 @@
 			</exclusions>
 		</dependency>
 
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.elasticsearch.client</groupId>
+			<artifactId>elasticsearch-rest-client</artifactId>
+			<version>${elasticsearch-java}</version>
+			<exclusions>
+				<exclusion>
+					<groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
+					<artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
+				</exclusion>
+			</exclusions>
+		</dependency>
+
 		<!-- Jackson JSON Mapper -->
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
@@ -454,20 +462,8 @@
 	</profiles>
 
 	<repositories>
-		<repository>
-			<id>spring-snapshot</id>
-			<url>https://repo.spring.io/snapshot</url>
-			<snapshots>
-				<enabled>true</enabled>
-			</snapshots>
-			<releases>
-				<enabled>false</enabled>
-			</releases>
-		</repository>
-		<repository>
-			<id>spring-milestone</id>
-			<url>https://repo.spring.io/milestone</url>
-		</repository>
+		
+		
 	</repositories>
 
 </project>

src/main/antora/antora-playbook.yml

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ content:
     - url: https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-data-commons
       # Refname matching:
       # https://docs.antora.org/antora/latest/playbook/content-refname-matching/
-      branches: [ main, 3.2.x ]
+      branches: [ main, 3.4.x, 3.3.x ]
       start_path: src/main/antora
 asciidoc:
   attributes:

src/main/antora/modules/ROOT/nav.adoc

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 *** xref:migration-guides/migration-guide-5.1-5.2.adoc[]
 *** xref:migration-guides/migration-guide-5.2-5.3.adoc[]
 *** xref:migration-guides/migration-guide-5.3-5.4.adoc[]
+*** xref:migration-guides/migration-guide-5.4-5.5.adoc[]
 
 
 * xref:elasticsearch.adoc[]

src/main/antora/modules/ROOT/pages/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-new.adoc

@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
 [[new-features]]
 = What's new
 
-[[new-features.5-4-1]]
-== New in Spring Data Elasticsearch 5.4.1
-* Upgrade to Elasticsearch 8.15.5.
+[[new-features.5-5-0]]
+== New in Spring Data Elasticsearch 5.5
+
+* Upgrade to Elasticsearch 8.18.1.
+* Add support for the `@SearchTemplateQuery` annotation on repository methods.
+* Scripted field properties of type collection can be populated from scripts returning arrays.
 
 [[new-features.5-4-0]]
 == New in Spring Data Elasticsearch 5.4

src/main/antora/modules/ROOT/pages/elasticsearch/misc.adoc

@@ -365,6 +365,8 @@ operations.putScript(                            <.>
 
 To use a search template in a search query, Spring Data Elasticsearch provides the `SearchTemplateQuery`, an implementation of the `org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.query.Query` interface.
 
+NOTE: Although `SearchTemplateQuery` is an implementation of the `Query` interface, not all of the functionality provided by the base class is available for a `SearchTemplateQuery` like setting a `Pageable` or a `Sort`. Values for this functionality must be added to the stored script like shown in the following example for paging parameters. If these values are set on the `Query` object, they will be ignored.
+
 In the following code, we will add a call using a search template query to a custom repository implementation (see
 xref:repositories/custom-implementations.adoc[]) as an example how this can be integrated into a repository call.
 
@@ -449,4 +451,3 @@ var query = Query.findAll().addSort(Sort.by(order));
 About the filter query: It is not possible to use a `CriteriaQuery` here, as this query would be converted into a Elasticsearch nested query which does not work in the filter context. So only `StringQuery` or `NativeQuery` can be used here. When using one of these, like the term query above, the Elasticsearch field names must be used, so take care, when these are redefined with the `@Field(name="...")` definition.
 
 For the definition of the order path and the nested paths, the Java entity property names should be used.
-

src/main/antora/modules/ROOT/pages/elasticsearch/repositories/elasticsearch-repository-queries.adoc

@@ -10,7 +10,9 @@ The Elasticsearch module supports all basic query building feature as string que
 === Declared queries
 
 Deriving the query from the method name is not always sufficient and/or may result in unreadable method names.
-In this case one might make use of the `@Query` annotation (see xref:elasticsearch/repositories/elasticsearch-repository-queries.adoc#elasticsearch.query-methods.at-query[Using @Query Annotation] ).
+In this case one might make use of the `@Query` annotation (see xref:elasticsearch/repositories/elasticsearch-repository-queries.adoc#elasticsearch.query-methods.at-query[Using the @Query Annotation] ).
+
+Another possibility is the use of a search-template, (see xref:elasticsearch/repositories/elasticsearch-repository-queries.adoc#elasticsearch.query-methods.at-searchtemplate-query[Using the @SearchTemplateQuery Annotation] ).
 
 [[elasticsearch.query-methods.criterions]]
 == Query creation
@@ -312,11 +314,13 @@ Repository methods can be defined to have the following return types for returni
 * `SearchPage<T>`
 
 [[elasticsearch.query-methods.at-query]]
-== Using @Query Annotation
+== Using the @Query Annotation
 
 .Declare query on the method using the `@Query` annotation.
 ====
-The arguments passed to the method can be inserted into placeholders in the query string. The placeholders are of the form `?0`, `?1`, `?2` etc. for the first, second, third parameter and so on.
+The arguments passed to the method can be inserted into placeholders in the query string.
+The placeholders are of the form `?0`, `?1`, `?2` etc. for the first, second, third parameter and so on.
+
 [source,java]
 ----
 interface BookRepository extends ElasticsearchRepository<Book, String> {
@@ -341,15 +345,20 @@ It will be sent to Easticsearch as value of the query element; if for example th
 }
 ----
 ====
+
 .`@Query` annotation on a method taking a Collection argument
 ====
 A repository method such as
+
 [source,java]
 ----
 @Query("{\"ids\": {\"values\": ?0 }}")
 List<SampleEntity> getByIds(Collection<String> ids);
 ----
-would make an https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/query-dsl-ids-query.html[IDs query] to return all the matching documents. So calling the method with a `List` of `["id1", "id2", "id3"]` would produce the query body
+
+would make an https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/query-dsl-ids-query.html[IDs query] to return all the matching documents.
+So calling the method with a `List` of `["id1", "id2", "id3"]` would produce the query body
+
 [source,json]
 ----
 {
@@ -369,7 +378,6 @@ would make an https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/qu
 ====
 {spring-framework-docs}/core/expressions.html[SpEL expression] is also supported when defining query in `@Query`.
 
-
 [source,java]
 ----
 interface BookRepository extends ElasticsearchRepository<Book, String> {
@@ -411,6 +419,7 @@ If for example the function is called with the parameter _John_, it would produc
 .accessing parameter property.
 ====
 Supposing that we have the following class as query parameter type:
+
 [source,java]
 ----
 public record QueryParameter(String value) {
@@ -444,7 +453,9 @@ We can pass `new QueryParameter("John")` as the parameter now, and it will produ
 
 .accessing bean property.
 ====
-{spring-framework-docs}/core/expressions/language-ref/bean-references.html[Bean property] is also supported to access. Given that there is a bean named `queryParameter` of type `QueryParameter`, we can access the bean with symbol `@` rather than `#`, and there is no need to declare a parameter of type `QueryParameter` in the query method:
+{spring-framework-docs}/core/expressions/language-ref/bean-references.html[Bean property] is also supported to access.
+Given that there is a bean named `queryParameter` of type `QueryParameter`, we can access the bean with symbol `@` rather than `#`, and there is no need to declare a parameter of type `QueryParameter` in the query method:
+
 [source,java]
 ----
 interface BookRepository extends ElasticsearchRepository<Book, String> {
@@ -493,6 +504,7 @@ interface BookRepository extends ElasticsearchRepository<Book, String> {
 NOTE: collection values should not be quoted when declaring the elasticsearch json query.
 
 A collection of `names` like `List.of("name1", "name2")` will produce the following terms query:
+
 [source,json]
 ----
 {
@@ -532,6 +544,7 @@ interface BookRepository extends ElasticsearchRepository<Book, String> {
     Page<Book> findByName(Collection<QueryParameter> parameters, Pageable pageable);
 }
 ----
+
 This will extract all the `value` property values as a new `Collection` from `QueryParameter` collection, thus takes the same effect as above.
 ====
 
@@ -560,3 +573,20 @@ interface BookRepository extends ElasticsearchRepository<Book, String> {
 ----
 
 ====
+
+[[elasticsearch.query-methods.at-searchtemplate-query]]
+== Using the @SearchTemplateQuery Annotation
+
+When using Elasticsearch search templates - (see xref:elasticsearch/misc.adoc#elasticsearch.misc.searchtemplates [Search Template support]) it is possible to specify that a repository method should use a template by adding the `@SearchTemplateQuery` annotation to that method.
+
+Let's assume that there is a search template stored with the name "book-by-title" and this template need a parameter named "title", then a repository method using that search template can be defined like this:
+
+[source,java]
+----
+interface BookRepository extends ElasticsearchRepository<Book, String> {
+    @SearchTemplateQuery(id = "book-by-title")
+    SearchHits<Book> findByTitle(String title);
+}
+----
+
+The parameters of the repository method are sent to the seacrh template as key/value pairs where the key is the parameter name and the value is taken from the actual value when the method is invoked.

src/main/antora/modules/ROOT/pages/elasticsearch/versions.adoc

@@ -6,9 +6,10 @@ 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
-| 2024.1  | 5.4.x | 8.15.5 | 6.2.x
-| 2024.0  | 5.3.1 | 8.13.4 | 6.1.x
-| 2023.1 (Vaughan) | 5.2.xfootnote:oom[Out of maintenance] | 8.11.1 | 6.1.x
+| 2025.0 | 5.5.x | 8.18.5 | 6.2.x
+| 2024.1 | 5.4.x | 8.15.5 | 6.1.x
+| 2024.0 | 5.3.xfootnote:oom[Out of maintenance] | 8.13.4 | 6.1.x
+| 2023.1 (Vaughan) | 5.2.xfootnote:oom[] | 8.11.1 | 6.1.x
 | 2023.0 (Ullmann) | 5.1.xfootnote:oom[] | 8.7.1 | 6.0.x
 | 2022.0 (Turing) | 5.0.xfootnote:oom[] | 8.5.3 | 6.0.x
 | 2021.2 (Raj) | 4.4.xfootnote:oom[] | 7.17.3 | 5.3.x

src/main/antora/modules/ROOT/pages/migration-guides/migration-guide-5.4-5.5.adoc

@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+[[elasticsearch-migration-guide-5.4-5.5]]
+= Upgrading from 5.4.x to 5.5.x
+
+This section describes breaking changes from version 5.4.x to 5.5.x and how removed features can be replaced by new introduced features.
+
+[[elasticsearch-migration-guide-5.4-5.5.breaking-changes]]
+== Breaking Changes
+
+[[elasticsearch-migration-guide-5.4-5.5.deprecations]]
+== Deprecations
+
+Some classes that probably are not used by a library user have been renamed, the classes with the old names are still there, but are deprecated:
+
+|===
+|old name|new name
+
+|ElasticsearchPartQuery|RepositoryPartQuery
+|ElasticsearchStringQuery|RepositoryStringQuery
+|ReactiveElasticsearchStringQuery|ReactiveRepositoryStringQuery
+|===
+
+=== Removals
+
+The following methods that had been deprecated since release 5.3 have been removed:
+```
+DocumentOperations.delete(Query, Class<?>)
+DocumentOperations.delete(Query, Class<?>, IndexCoordinates)
+ReactiveDocumentOperations.delete(Query, Class<?>)
+ReactiveDocumentOperations.delete(Query, Class<?>, IndexCoordinates)
+```

src/main/antora/resources/antora-resources/antora.yml

@@ -5,18 +5,18 @@ asciidoc:
   attributes:
     attribute-missing: 'warn'
     chomp: 'all'
-    version: '${project.version}'
-    copyright-year: '${current.year}'
-    springversionshort: '${spring.short}'
-    springversion: '${spring}'
-    commons: '${springdata.commons.docs}'
+    version: ${project.version}
+    copyright-year: ${current.year}
+    springversionshort: ${spring.short}
+    springversion: ${spring}
+    commons: ${springdata.commons.docs}
     include-xml-namespaces: false
-    spring-data-commons-docs-url: '${documentation.baseurl}/spring-data/commons/reference/${springdata.commons.short}'
+    spring-data-commons-docs-url: https://docs.spring.io/spring-data/commons/reference/{commons}
     spring-data-commons-javadoc-base: '{spring-data-commons-docs-url}/api/java'
-    springdocsurl: '${documentation.baseurl}/spring-framework/reference/{springversionshort}'
+    springdocsurl: https://docs.spring.io/spring-framework/reference/{springversionshort}
     spring-framework-docs: '{springdocsurl}'
-    springjavadocurl: '${documentation.spring-javadoc-url}'
+    springjavadocurl: https://docs.spring.io/spring-framework/docs/${spring}/javadoc-api
     spring-framework-javadoc: '{springjavadocurl}'
-    springhateoasversion: '${spring-hateoas}'
-    releasetrainversion: '${releasetrain}'
+    springhateoasversion: ${spring-hateoas}
+    releasetrainversion: ${releasetrain}
     store: Elasticsearch

src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/annotations/SearchTemplateQuery.java

@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2025 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.annotations;
+
+import org.springframework.data.annotation.QueryAnnotation;
+
+import java.lang.annotation.Documented;
+import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
+import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
+import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
+import java.lang.annotation.Target;
+
+/**
+ * Annotation to mark a repository method as a search template method. The annotation defines the search template id,
+ * the parameters for the search template are taken from the method's arguments.
+ *
+ * @author P.J. Meisch (pj.meisch@sothawo.com)
+ * @since 5.5
+ */
+@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
+@Target({ ElementType.METHOD, ElementType.ANNOTATION_TYPE })
+@Documented
+@QueryAnnotation
+public @interface SearchTemplateQuery {
+    /**
+     * The id of the search template. Must not be empt or null.
+     */
+    String id();
+}

src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/client/elc/AutoCloseableElasticsearchClient.java

@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ package org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.client.elc;
 import co.elastic.clients.elasticsearch.ElasticsearchClient;
 import co.elastic.clients.transport.ElasticsearchTransport;
 
+import java.io.IOException;
+
 import org.elasticsearch.client.RestClient;
 import org.springframework.util.Assert;
 
@@ -36,7 +38,10 @@ public class AutoCloseableElasticsearchClient extends ElasticsearchClient implem
 	}
 
 	@Override
-	public void close() throws Exception {
-		transport.close();
+	public void close() throws IOException {
+		// since Elasticsearch 8.16 the ElasticsearchClient implements (through ApiClient) the Closeable interface and
+		// handles closing of the underlying transport. We now just call the base class, but keep this as we
+		// have been implementing AutoCloseable since 4.4 and won't change that to a mere Closeable
+		super.close();
 	}
 }

src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/client/elc/ElasticsearchClients.java

@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ public final class ElasticsearchClients {
 		Assert.notNull(jsonpMapper, "jsonpMapper must not be null");
 
 		TransportOptions.Builder transportOptionsBuilder = transportOptions != null ? transportOptions.toBuilder()
-				: new RestClientOptions(RequestOptions.DEFAULT).toBuilder();
+				: new RestClientOptions(RequestOptions.DEFAULT, false).toBuilder();
 
 		RestClientOptions.Builder restClientOptionsBuilder = getRestClientOptionsBuilder(transportOptions);
 

src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/client/elc/ElasticsearchConfiguration.java

@@ -135,6 +135,6 @@ public abstract class ElasticsearchConfiguration extends ElasticsearchConfigurat
 	 * @return the options that should be added to every request. Must not be {@literal null}
 	 */
 	public TransportOptions transportOptions() {
-		return new RestClientOptions(RequestOptions.DEFAULT);
+		return new RestClientOptions(RequestOptions.DEFAULT, false);
 	}
 }

src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/client/elc/ElasticsearchTemplate.java

@@ -181,19 +181,6 @@ public class ElasticsearchTemplate extends AbstractElasticsearchTemplate {
 		return delete(query, clazz, getIndexCoordinatesFor(clazz));
 	}
 
-	@Override
-	public ByQueryResponse delete(Query query, Class<?> clazz, IndexCoordinates index) {
-
-		Assert.notNull(query, "query must not be null");
-
-		DeleteByQueryRequest request = requestConverter.documentDeleteByQueryRequest(query, routingResolver.getRouting(),
-				clazz, index, getRefreshPolicy());
-
-		DeleteByQueryResponse response = execute(client -> client.deleteByQuery(request));
-
-		return responseConverter.byQueryResponse(response);
-	}
-
 	@Override
 	public ByQueryResponse delete(DeleteQuery query, Class<?> clazz, IndexCoordinates index) {
 		Assert.notNull(query, "query must not be null");

src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/client/elc/ReactiveElasticsearchClient.java

@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import co.elastic.clients.transport.endpoints.EndpointWithResponseMapperAttr;
 import co.elastic.clients.util.ObjectBuilder;
 import reactor.core.publisher.Mono;
 
+import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.function.Function;
 
 import org.springframework.lang.Nullable;
@@ -56,8 +57,11 @@ public class ReactiveElasticsearchClient extends ApiClient<ElasticsearchTranspor
 	}
 
 	@Override
-	public void close() throws Exception {
-		transport.close();
+	public void close() throws IOException {
+		// since Elasticsearch 8.16 the ElasticsearchClient implements (through ApiClient) the Closeable interface and
+		// handles closing of the underlying transport. We now just call the base class, but keep this as we
+		// have been implementing AutoCloseable since 4.4 and won't change that to a mere Closeable
+		super.close();
 	}
 
 	// region child clients
@@ -127,7 +131,8 @@ public class ReactiveElasticsearchClient extends ApiClient<ElasticsearchTranspor
 		// java.lang.Class<TDocument>)
 		// noinspection unchecked
 		JsonEndpoint<GetRequest, GetResponse<T>, ErrorResponse> endpoint = (JsonEndpoint<GetRequest, GetResponse<T>, ErrorResponse>) GetRequest._ENDPOINT;
-		endpoint = new EndpointWithResponseMapperAttr<>(endpoint, "co.elastic.clients:Deserializer:_global.get.Response.TDocument",
+		endpoint = new EndpointWithResponseMapperAttr<>(endpoint,
+				"co.elastic.clients:Deserializer:_global.get.Response.TDocument",
 				getDeserializer(tClass));
 
 		return Mono.fromFuture(transport.performRequestAsync(request, endpoint, transportOptions));
@@ -172,7 +177,8 @@ public class ReactiveElasticsearchClient extends ApiClient<ElasticsearchTranspor
 
 		// noinspection unchecked
 		JsonEndpoint<MgetRequest, MgetResponse<T>, ErrorResponse> endpoint = (JsonEndpoint<MgetRequest, MgetResponse<T>, ErrorResponse>) MgetRequest._ENDPOINT;
-		endpoint = new EndpointWithResponseMapperAttr<>(endpoint, "co.elastic.clients:Deserializer:_global.mget.Response.TDocument",
+		endpoint = new EndpointWithResponseMapperAttr<>(endpoint,
+				"co.elastic.clients:Deserializer:_global.mget.Response.TDocument",
 				this.getDeserializer(clazz));
 
 		return Mono.fromFuture(transport.performRequestAsync(request, endpoint, transportOptions));

src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/client/elc/ReactiveElasticsearchConfiguration.java

@@ -125,6 +125,6 @@ public abstract class ReactiveElasticsearchConfiguration extends ElasticsearchCo
 	 * @return the options that should be added to every request. Must not be {@literal null}
 	 */
 	public TransportOptions transportOptions() {
-		return new RestClientOptions(RequestOptions.DEFAULT).toBuilder().build();
+		return new RestClientOptions(RequestOptions.DEFAULT, false).toBuilder().build();
 	}
 }

src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/client/elc/ReactiveElasticsearchTemplate.java

@@ -167,16 +167,6 @@ public class ReactiveElasticsearchTemplate extends AbstractReactiveElasticsearch
 				.onErrorReturn(NoSuchIndexException.class, false);
 	}
 
-	@Override
-	public Mono<ByQueryResponse> delete(Query query, Class<?> entityType, IndexCoordinates index) {
-
-		Assert.notNull(query, "query must not be null");
-
-		DeleteByQueryRequest request = requestConverter.documentDeleteByQueryRequest(query, routingResolver.getRouting(),
-				entityType, index, getRefreshPolicy());
-		return Mono.from(execute(client -> client.deleteByQuery(request))).map(responseConverter::byQueryResponse);
-	}
-
 	@Override
 	public Mono<ByQueryResponse> delete(DeleteQuery query, Class<?> entityType, IndexCoordinates index) {
 		Assert.notNull(query, "query must not be null");

src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/client/elc/RequestConverter.java

@@ -51,9 +51,11 @@ import co.elastic.clients.elasticsearch.indices.*;
 import co.elastic.clients.elasticsearch.indices.ExistsIndexTemplateRequest;
 import co.elastic.clients.elasticsearch.indices.ExistsRequest;
 import co.elastic.clients.elasticsearch.indices.update_aliases.Action;
+import co.elastic.clients.elasticsearch.sql.query.SqlFormat;
 import co.elastic.clients.json.JsonData;
 import co.elastic.clients.json.JsonpDeserializer;
 import co.elastic.clients.json.JsonpMapper;
+import co.elastic.clients.util.NamedValue;
 import co.elastic.clients.util.ObjectBuilder;
 import jakarta.json.stream.JsonParser;
 
@@ -71,6 +73,7 @@ import java.util.Objects;
 import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.function.Function;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
+import java.util.stream.Stream;
 
 import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
@@ -530,17 +533,22 @@ class RequestConverter extends AbstractQueryProcessor {
 	public co.elastic.clients.elasticsearch.sql.QueryRequest sqlQueryRequest(SqlQuery query) {
 		Assert.notNull(query, "Query must not be null.");
 
-		return co.elastic.clients.elasticsearch.sql.QueryRequest.of(sqb -> {
-			sqb.query(query.getQuery()).catalog(query.getCatalog()).columnar(query.getColumnar()).cursor(query.getCursor())
-					.fetchSize(query.getFetchSize()).fieldMultiValueLeniency(query.getFieldMultiValueLeniency())
-					.indexUsingFrozen(query.getIndexIncludeFrozen()).keepAlive(time(query.getKeepAlive()))
-					.keepOnCompletion(query.getKeepOnCompletion()).pageTimeout(time(query.getPageTimeout()))
-					.requestTimeout(time(query.getRequestTimeout()))
-					.waitForCompletionTimeout(time(query.getWaitForCompletionTimeout())).filter(getQuery(query.getFilter(), null))
-					.timeZone(Objects.toString(query.getTimeZone(), null)).format("json");
-
-			return sqb;
-		});
+		return co.elastic.clients.elasticsearch.sql.QueryRequest.of(sqb -> sqb
+				.query(query.getQuery())
+				.catalog(query.getCatalog())
+				.columnar(query.getColumnar())
+				.cursor(query.getCursor())
+				.fetchSize(query.getFetchSize())
+				.fieldMultiValueLeniency(query.getFieldMultiValueLeniency())
+				.indexUsingFrozen(query.getIndexIncludeFrozen())
+				.keepAlive(time(query.getKeepAlive()))
+				.keepOnCompletion(query.getKeepOnCompletion())
+				.pageTimeout(time(query.getPageTimeout()))
+				.requestTimeout(time(query.getRequestTimeout()))
+				.waitForCompletionTimeout(time(query.getWaitForCompletionTimeout()))
+				.filter(getQuery(query.getFilter(), null))
+				.timeZone(Objects.toString(query.getTimeZone(), null))
+				.format(SqlFormat.Json));
 	}
 
 	// endregion
@@ -1349,9 +1357,14 @@ class RequestConverter extends AbstractQueryProcessor {
 							}
 
 							if (!isEmpty(query.getIndicesBoost())) {
-								bb.indicesBoost(query.getIndicesBoost().stream()
-										.map(indexBoost -> Map.of(indexBoost.getIndexName(), (double) indexBoost.getBoost()))
-										.collect(Collectors.toList()));
+								Stream<NamedValue<Double>> namedValueStream = query.getIndicesBoost().stream()
+										.map(indexBoost -> {
+											var namedValue = new NamedValue(indexBoost.getIndexName(),
+													Float.valueOf(indexBoost.getBoost()).doubleValue());
+											return namedValue;
+										});
+								List<NamedValue<Double>> namedValueList = namedValueStream.collect(Collectors.toList());
+								bb.indicesBoost(namedValueList);
 							}
 
 							query.getScriptedFields().forEach(scriptedField -> bb.scriptFields(scriptedField.getFieldName(),
@@ -1551,9 +1564,14 @@ class RequestConverter extends AbstractQueryProcessor {
 		}
 
 		if (!isEmpty(query.getIndicesBoost())) {
-			builder.indicesBoost(query.getIndicesBoost().stream()
-					.map(indexBoost -> Map.of(indexBoost.getIndexName(), (double) indexBoost.getBoost()))
-					.collect(Collectors.toList()));
+			Stream<NamedValue<Double>> namedValueStream = query.getIndicesBoost().stream()
+					.map(indexBoost -> {
+						var namedValue = new NamedValue(indexBoost.getIndexName(),
+								Float.valueOf(indexBoost.getBoost()).doubleValue());
+						return namedValue;
+					});
+			List<NamedValue<Double>> namedValueList = namedValueStream.collect(Collectors.toList());
+			builder.indicesBoost(namedValueList);
 		}
 
 		if (!isEmpty(query.getDocValueFields())) {
@@ -1995,9 +2013,12 @@ class RequestConverter extends AbstractQueryProcessor {
 	private SourceConfig getSourceConfig(Query query) {
 
 		if (query.getSourceFilter() != null) {
-			return SourceConfig.of(s -> s //
-					.filter(sfb -> {
-						SourceFilter sourceFilter = query.getSourceFilter();
+			return SourceConfig.of(s -> {
+				SourceFilter sourceFilter = query.getSourceFilter();
+				if (sourceFilter.fetchSource() != null) {
+					s.fetch(sourceFilter.fetchSource());
+				} else {
+					s.filter(sfb -> {
 						String[] includes = sourceFilter.getIncludes();
 						String[] excludes = sourceFilter.getExcludes();
 
@@ -2010,7 +2031,10 @@ class RequestConverter extends AbstractQueryProcessor {
 						}
 
 						return sfb;
-					}));
+					});
+				}
+				return s;
+			});
 		} else {
 			return null;
 		}

src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/client/elc/ResponseConverter.java

@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ class ResponseConverter {
 		return ClusterHealth.builder() //
 				.withActivePrimaryShards(healthResponse.activePrimaryShards()) //
 				.withActiveShards(healthResponse.activeShards()) //
-				.withActiveShardsPercent(Double.parseDouble(healthResponse.activeShardsPercentAsNumber()))//
+				.withActiveShardsPercent(healthResponse.activeShardsPercentAsNumber())//
 				.withClusterName(healthResponse.clusterName()) //
 				.withDelayedUnassignedShards(healthResponse.delayedUnassignedShards()) //
 				.withInitializingShards(healthResponse.initializingShards()) //
@@ -400,7 +400,6 @@ class ResponseConverter {
 	private ReindexResponse.Failure reindexResponseFailureOf(BulkIndexByScrollFailure failure) {
 		return ReindexResponse.Failure.builder() //
 				.withIndex(failure.index()) //
-				.withType(failure.type()) //
 				.withId(failure.id()) //
 				.withStatus(failure.status())//
 				.withErrorCause(toErrorCause(failure.cause())) //
@@ -411,7 +410,6 @@ class ResponseConverter {
 	private ByQueryResponse.Failure byQueryResponseFailureOf(BulkIndexByScrollFailure failure) {
 		return ByQueryResponse.Failure.builder() //
 				.withIndex(failure.index()) //
-				.withType(failure.type()) //
 				.withId(failure.id()) //
 				.withStatus(failure.status())//
 				.withErrorCause(toErrorCause(failure.cause())).build();

src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/client/elc/TypeUtils.java

@@ -436,7 +436,7 @@ final class TypeUtils {
 		// values taken from the RHLC implementation
 		if (value == null) {
 			return -2;
-		} else if ("all".equals(value.toLowerCase())) {
+		} else if ("all".equals(value.toUpperCase())) {
 			return -1;
 		} else {
 			try {

src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/core/AbstractElasticsearchTemplate.java

@@ -298,12 +298,6 @@ public abstract class AbstractElasticsearchTemplate implements ElasticsearchOper
 		return this.delete(id, getIndexCoordinatesFor(entityType));
 	}
 
-	@Override
-	@Deprecated
-	public ByQueryResponse delete(Query query, Class<?> clazz) {
-		return delete(query, clazz, getIndexCoordinatesFor(clazz));
-	}
-
 	@Override
 	public String delete(Object entity) {
 		return delete(entity, getIndexCoordinatesFor(entity.getClass()));

src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/core/AbstractReactiveElasticsearchTemplate.java

@@ -414,12 +414,6 @@ abstract public class AbstractReactiveElasticsearchTemplate
 
 	abstract protected Mono<String> doDeleteById(String id, @Nullable String routing, IndexCoordinates index);
 
-	@Override
-	@Deprecated
-	public Mono<ByQueryResponse> delete(Query query, Class<?> entityType) {
-		return delete(query, entityType, getIndexCoordinatesFor(entityType));
-	}
-
 	@Override
 	public Mono<ByQueryResponse> delete(DeleteQuery query, Class<?> entityType) {
 		return delete(query, entityType, getIndexCoordinatesFor(entityType));

src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/core/DocumentOperations.java

@@ -272,19 +272,6 @@ public interface DocumentOperations {
 	 */
 	String delete(Object entity, IndexCoordinates index);
 
-	/**
-	 * Delete all records matching the query.
-	 *
-	 * @param query query defining the objects
-	 * @param clazz The entity class, must be annotated with
-	 *          {@link org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.annotations.Document}
-	 * @return response with detailed information
-	 * @since 4.1
-	 * @deprecated since 5.3.0, use {@link #delete(DeleteQuery, Class)}
-	 */
-	@Deprecated
-	ByQueryResponse delete(Query query, Class<?> clazz);
-
 	/**
 	 * Delete all records matching the query.
 	 *
@@ -296,19 +283,6 @@ public interface DocumentOperations {
 	 */
 	ByQueryResponse delete(DeleteQuery query, Class<?> clazz);
 
-	/**
-	 * Delete all records matching the query.
-	 *
-	 * @param query query defining the objects
-	 * @param clazz The entity class, must be annotated with
-	 *          {@link org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.annotations.Document}
-	 * @param index the index from which to delete
-	 * @return response with detailed information
-	 * @deprecated since 5.3.0, use {@link #delete(DeleteQuery, Class, IndexCoordinates)}
-	 */
-	@Deprecated
-	ByQueryResponse delete(Query query, Class<?> clazz, IndexCoordinates index);
-
 	/**
 	 * Delete all records matching the query.
 	 *

src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/core/ReactiveDocumentOperations.java

@@ -326,17 +326,6 @@ public interface ReactiveDocumentOperations {
 	 */
 	Mono<String> delete(String id, Class<?> entityType);
 
-	/**
-	 * Delete the documents matching the given {@link Query} extracting index from entity metadata.
-	 *
-	 * @param query must not be {@literal null}.
-	 * @param entityType must not be {@literal null}.
-	 * @return a {@link Mono} emitting the number of the removed documents.
-	 * @deprecated since 5.3.0, use {@link #delete(DeleteQuery, Class)}
-	 */
-	@Deprecated
-	Mono<ByQueryResponse> delete(Query query, Class<?> entityType);
-
 	/**
 	 * Delete the documents matching the given {@link Query} extracting index from entity metadata.
 	 *
@@ -347,18 +336,6 @@ public interface ReactiveDocumentOperations {
 	 */
 	Mono<ByQueryResponse> delete(DeleteQuery query, Class<?> entityType);
 
-	/**
-	 * Delete the documents matching the given {@link Query} extracting index from entity metadata.
-	 *
-	 * @param query must not be {@literal null}.
-	 * @param entityType must not be {@literal null}.
-	 * @param index the target index, must not be {@literal null}
-	 * @return a {@link Mono} emitting the number of the removed documents.
-	 * @deprecated since 5.3.0, use {@link #delete(DeleteQuery, Class, IndexCoordinates)}
-	 */
-	@Deprecated
-	Mono<ByQueryResponse> delete(Query query, Class<?> entityType, IndexCoordinates index);
-
 	/**
 	 * Delete the documents matching the given {@link Query} extracting index from entity metadata.
 	 *

src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/core/convert/DateFormatter.java

@@ -19,14 +19,14 @@ import java.time.temporal.TemporalAccessor;
 
 /**
  * Interface to convert from and to {@link TemporalAccessor}s.
- * 
+ *
  * @author Peter-Josef Meisch
  * @since 4.2
  */
 public interface DateFormatter {
 	/**
 	 * Formats a {@link TemporalAccessor} into a String.
-	 * 
+	 *
 	 * @param accessor must not be {@literal null}
 	 * @return the formatted String
 	 */
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ public interface DateFormatter {
 
 	/**
 	 * Parses a String into a {@link TemporalAccessor}.
-	 * 
+	 *
 	 * @param input the String to parse, must not be {@literal null}
 	 * @param type the class of T
 	 * @param <T> the {@link TemporalAccessor} implementation

src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/core/convert/MappingElasticsearchConverter.java

@@ -394,7 +394,7 @@ public class MappingElasticsearchConverter
 				}
 
 				if (source instanceof SearchDocument searchDocument) {
-					populateScriptFields(targetEntity, result, searchDocument);
+					populateScriptedFields(targetEntity, result, searchDocument);
 				}
 				return result;
 			} catch (ConversionException e) {
@@ -652,7 +652,16 @@ public class MappingElasticsearchConverter
 			return conversionService.convert(value, target);
 		}
 
-		private <T> void populateScriptFields(ElasticsearchPersistentEntity<?> entity, T result,
+		/**
+		 * Checks if any of the properties of the entity is annotated with
+		 *
+		 * @{@link ScriptedField}. If so, the value of this property is set from the returned fields in the document.
+		 * @param entity the entity to defining the persistent property
+		 * @param result the rsult to populate
+		 * @param searchDocument the search result caontaining the fields
+		 * @param <T> the result type
+		 */
+		private <T> void populateScriptedFields(ElasticsearchPersistentEntity<?> entity, T result,
 				SearchDocument searchDocument) {
 			Map<String, List<Object>> fields = searchDocument.getFields();
 			entity.doWithProperties((SimplePropertyHandler) property -> {
@@ -661,8 +670,13 @@ public class MappingElasticsearchConverter
 					// noinspection ConstantConditions
 					String name = scriptedField.name().isEmpty() ? property.getName() : scriptedField.name();
 					if (fields.containsKey(name)) {
-						Object value = searchDocument.getFieldValue(name);
-						entity.getPropertyAccessor(result).setProperty(property, value);
+						if (property.isCollectionLike()) {
+							List<Object> values = searchDocument.getFieldValues(name);
+							entity.getPropertyAccessor(result).setProperty(property, values);
+						} else {
+							Object value = searchDocument.getFieldValue(name);
+							entity.getPropertyAccessor(result).setProperty(property, value);
+						}
 					}
 				}
 			});
@@ -1284,7 +1298,7 @@ public class MappingElasticsearchConverter
 							.toArray(new String[] {});
 				}
 
-				query.addSourceFilter(new FetchSourceFilter(includes, excludes));
+				query.addSourceFilter(new FetchSourceFilter(sourceFilter.fetchSource(), includes, excludes));
 			}
 
 			if (query.getSort() != null) {

src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/core/document/SearchDocument.java

@@ -57,6 +57,20 @@ public interface SearchDocument extends Document {
 		return (V) values.get(0);
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * @param name the field name
+	 * @param <V> the type of elements
+	 * @return the values of the given field.
+	 */
+	@Nullable
+	default <V> List<V> getFieldValues(final String name) {
+		List<Object> values = getFields().get(name);
+		if (values == null) {
+			return null;
+		}
+		return (List<V>) values;
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * @return the sort values for the search hit
 	 */

src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/core/geo/GeoJson.java

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.document.Document;
 
 /**
  * Interface definition for structures defined in <a href="https://geojson.org">GeoJSON</a>
- * format. copied from Spring  Data Mongodb
+ * format. copied from Spring Data Mongodb
  *
  * @author Christoph Strobl
  * @since 1.7

src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/core/geo/GeoJsonLineString.java

@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ public class GeoJsonLineString implements GeoJson<Iterable<Point>> {
 		Assert.notNull(second, "Second point must not be null!");
 		Assert.notNull(others, "Additional points must not be null!");
 
-		List<Point> points = new ArrayList<>();
+		List<Point> points = new ArrayList<>(2 + others.length);
 		points.add(first);
 		points.add(second);
 		points.addAll(Arrays.asList(others));
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ public class GeoJsonLineString implements GeoJson<Iterable<Point>> {
 		Assert.notNull(second, "Second point must not be null!");
 		Assert.notNull(others, "Additional points must not be null!");
 
-		List<Point> points = new ArrayList<>();
+		List<Point> points = new ArrayList<>(2 + others.length);
 		points.add(GeoPoint.toPoint(first));
 		points.add(GeoPoint.toPoint(second));
 		points.addAll(Arrays.stream(others).map(GeoPoint::toPoint).collect(Collectors.toList()));

src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/core/geo/GeoJsonMultiPoint.java

@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ public class GeoJsonMultiPoint implements GeoJson<Iterable<Point>> {
 		Assert.notNull(second, "Second point must not be null!");
 		Assert.notNull(others, "Additional points must not be null!");
 
-		List<Point> points = new ArrayList<>();
+		List<Point> points = new ArrayList<>(2 + others.length);
 		points.add(first);
 		points.add(second);
 		points.addAll(Arrays.asList(others));
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ public class GeoJsonMultiPoint implements GeoJson<Iterable<Point>> {
 		Assert.notNull(second, "Second point must not be null!");
 		Assert.notNull(others, "Additional points must not be null!");
 
-		List<Point> points = new ArrayList<>();
+		List<Point> points = new ArrayList<>(2 + others.length);
 		points.add(GeoPoint.toPoint(first));
 		points.add(GeoPoint.toPoint(second));
 		points.addAll(Arrays.stream(others).map(GeoPoint::toPoint).collect(Collectors.toList()));

src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/core/geo/GeoJsonPolygon.java

@@ -189,7 +189,13 @@ public class GeoJsonPolygon implements GeoJson<Iterable<GeoJsonLineString>> {
 	@SafeVarargs
 	private static <T> List<T> asList(T first, T second, T third, T fourth, T... others) {
 
-		ArrayList<T> result = new ArrayList<>(3 + others.length);
+		Assert.notNull(first, "First element must not be null!");
+		Assert.notNull(second, "Second element must not be null!");
+		Assert.notNull(third, "Third element must not be null!");
+		Assert.notNull(fourth, "Fourth element must not be null!");
+		Assert.notNull(others, "Additional elements must not be null!");
+
+		ArrayList<T> result = new ArrayList<>(4 + others.length);
 
 		result.add(first);
 		result.add(second);

src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/core/query/ByQueryResponse.java

@@ -167,7 +167,6 @@ public class ByQueryResponse {
 	public static class Failure {
 
 		@Nullable private final String index;
-		@Nullable private final String type;
 		@Nullable private final String id;
 		@Nullable private final Exception cause;
 		@Nullable private final Integer status;
@@ -176,11 +175,10 @@ public class ByQueryResponse {
 		@Nullable private final Boolean aborted;
 		@Nullable private final ElasticsearchErrorCause elasticsearchErrorCause;
 
-		private Failure(@Nullable String index, @Nullable String type, @Nullable String id, @Nullable Exception cause,
+		private Failure(@Nullable String index, @Nullable String id, @Nullable Exception cause,
 				@Nullable Integer status, @Nullable Long seqNo, @Nullable Long term, @Nullable Boolean aborted,
 				@Nullable ElasticsearchErrorCause elasticsearchErrorCause) {
 			this.index = index;
-			this.type = type;
 			this.id = id;
 			this.cause = cause;
 			this.status = status;
@@ -195,11 +193,6 @@ public class ByQueryResponse {
 			return index;
 		}
 
-		@Nullable
-		public String getType() {
-			return type;
-		}
-
 		@Nullable
 		public String getId() {
 			return id;
@@ -250,7 +243,6 @@ public class ByQueryResponse {
 		 */
 		public static final class FailureBuilder {
 			@Nullable private String index;
-			@Nullable private String type;
 			@Nullable private String id;
 			@Nullable private Exception cause;
 			@Nullable private Integer status;
@@ -266,11 +258,6 @@ public class ByQueryResponse {
 				return this;
 			}
 
-			public FailureBuilder withType(String type) {
-				this.type = type;
-				return this;
-			}
-
 			public FailureBuilder withId(String id) {
 				this.id = id;
 				return this;
@@ -307,7 +294,7 @@ public class ByQueryResponse {
 			}
 
 			public Failure build() {
-				return new Failure(index, type, id, cause, status, seqNo, term, aborted, elasticsearchErrorCause);
+				return new Failure(index, id, cause, status, seqNo, term, aborted, elasticsearchErrorCause);
 			}
 		}
 	}

src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/core/query/Criteria.java

@@ -61,16 +61,12 @@ public class Criteria {
 	private float boost = Float.NaN;
 	private boolean negating = false;
 
-    // we cash this and recalculate when properties used in equals change
-    // see https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-data-elasticsearch/issues/3083
-    private int hashCode;
+	private final CriteriaChain criteriaChain = new CriteriaChain();
+	private final Set<CriteriaEntry> queryCriteriaEntries = new LinkedHashSet<>();
+	private final Set<CriteriaEntry> filterCriteriaEntries = new LinkedHashSet<>();
+	private final Set<Criteria> subCriteria = new LinkedHashSet<>();
 
-    private final CriteriaChain criteriaChain = new CriteriaChain();
-    private final Set<CriteriaEntry> queryCriteriaEntries = new LinkedHashSet<>();
-    private final Set<CriteriaEntry> filterCriteriaEntries = new LinkedHashSet<>();
-    private final Set<Criteria> subCriteria = new LinkedHashSet<>();
-
-    // region criteria creation
+	// region criteria creation
 
 	/**
 	 * @return factory method to create an and-Criteria that is not bound to a field
@@ -88,9 +84,7 @@ public class Criteria {
 		return new OrCriteria();
 	}
 
-	public Criteria() {
-        recalculateHashCode();
-    }
+	public Criteria() {}
 
 	/**
 	 * Creates a new Criteria with provided field name
@@ -113,7 +107,6 @@ public class Criteria {
 
 		this.field = field;
 		this.criteriaChain.add(this);
-        recalculateHashCode();
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -143,7 +136,6 @@ public class Criteria {
 		this.field = field;
 		this.criteriaChain.addAll(criteriaChain);
 		this.criteriaChain.add(this);
-        recalculateHashCode();
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -197,7 +189,6 @@ public class Criteria {
 	 */
 	public Criteria not() {
 		this.negating = true;
-        recalculateHashCode();
 		return this;
 	}
 
@@ -216,7 +207,6 @@ public class Criteria {
 		Assert.isTrue(boost >= 0, "boost must not be negative");
 
 		this.boost = boost;
-        recalculateHashCode();
 		return this;
 	}
 
@@ -233,7 +223,7 @@ public class Criteria {
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * @return the set of subCriteria
+	 * @return the set ob subCriteria
 	 * @since 4.1
 	 */
 	public Set<Criteria> getSubCriteria() {
@@ -274,7 +264,6 @@ public class Criteria {
 		Assert.notNull(criteria, "Cannot chain 'null' criteria.");
 
 		this.criteriaChain.add(criteria);
-        recalculateHashCode();
 		return this;
 	}
 
@@ -289,7 +278,6 @@ public class Criteria {
 		Assert.notNull(criterias, "Cannot chain 'null' criterias.");
 
 		this.criteriaChain.addAll(Arrays.asList(criterias));
-        recalculateHashCode();
 		return this;
 	}
 
@@ -332,7 +320,6 @@ public class Criteria {
 		orCriteria.subCriteria.addAll(criteria.subCriteria);
 		orCriteria.boost = criteria.boost;
 		orCriteria.negating = criteria.isNegating();
-        orCriteria.recalculateHashCode();
 		return orCriteria;
 	}
 
@@ -348,7 +335,6 @@ public class Criteria {
 		Assert.notNull(criteria, "criteria must not be null");
 
 		subCriteria.add(criteria);
-        recalculateHashCode();
 		return this;
 	}
 
@@ -363,7 +349,6 @@ public class Criteria {
 	 */
 	public Criteria is(Object o) {
 		queryCriteriaEntries.add(new CriteriaEntry(OperationKey.EQUALS, o));
-        recalculateHashCode();
 		return this;
 	}
 
@@ -375,7 +360,6 @@ public class Criteria {
 	 */
 	public Criteria exists() {
 		queryCriteriaEntries.add(new CriteriaEntry(OperationKey.EXISTS));
-        recalculateHashCode();
 		return this;
 	}
 
@@ -394,7 +378,6 @@ public class Criteria {
 		}
 
 		queryCriteriaEntries.add(new CriteriaEntry(OperationKey.BETWEEN, new Object[] { lowerBound, upperBound }));
-        recalculateHashCode();
 		return this;
 	}
 
@@ -410,7 +393,6 @@ public class Criteria {
 
 		assertNoBlankInWildcardQuery(s, false, true);
 		queryCriteriaEntries.add(new CriteriaEntry(OperationKey.STARTS_WITH, s));
-        recalculateHashCode();
 		return this;
 	}
 
@@ -427,7 +409,6 @@ public class Criteria {
 
 		assertNoBlankInWildcardQuery(s, true, true);
 		queryCriteriaEntries.add(new CriteriaEntry(OperationKey.CONTAINS, s));
-        recalculateHashCode();
 		return this;
 	}
 
@@ -444,7 +425,6 @@ public class Criteria {
 
 		assertNoBlankInWildcardQuery(s, true, false);
 		queryCriteriaEntries.add(new CriteriaEntry(OperationKey.ENDS_WITH, s));
-        recalculateHashCode();
 		return this;
 	}
 
@@ -472,7 +452,6 @@ public class Criteria {
 		Assert.notNull(values, "Collection of 'in' values must not be null");
 
 		queryCriteriaEntries.add(new CriteriaEntry(OperationKey.IN, values));
-        recalculateHashCode();
 		return this;
 	}
 
@@ -499,7 +478,6 @@ public class Criteria {
 		Assert.notNull(values, "Collection of 'NotIn' values must not be null");
 
 		queryCriteriaEntries.add(new CriteriaEntry(OperationKey.NOT_IN, values));
-        recalculateHashCode();
 		return this;
 	}
 
@@ -512,7 +490,6 @@ public class Criteria {
 	 */
 	public Criteria expression(String s) {
 		queryCriteriaEntries.add(new CriteriaEntry(OperationKey.EXPRESSION, s));
-        recalculateHashCode();
 		return this;
 	}
 
@@ -524,7 +501,6 @@ public class Criteria {
 	 */
 	public Criteria fuzzy(String s) {
 		queryCriteriaEntries.add(new CriteriaEntry(OperationKey.FUZZY, s));
-        recalculateHashCode();
 		return this;
 	}
 
@@ -539,7 +515,6 @@ public class Criteria {
 		Assert.notNull(upperBound, "upperBound must not be null");
 
 		queryCriteriaEntries.add(new CriteriaEntry(OperationKey.LESS_EQUAL, upperBound));
-        recalculateHashCode();
 		return this;
 	}
 
@@ -554,7 +529,6 @@ public class Criteria {
 		Assert.notNull(upperBound, "upperBound must not be null");
 
 		queryCriteriaEntries.add(new CriteriaEntry(OperationKey.LESS, upperBound));
-        recalculateHashCode();
 		return this;
 	}
 
@@ -569,7 +543,6 @@ public class Criteria {
 		Assert.notNull(lowerBound, "lowerBound must not be null");
 
 		queryCriteriaEntries.add(new CriteriaEntry(OperationKey.GREATER_EQUAL, lowerBound));
-        recalculateHashCode();
 		return this;
 	}
 
@@ -584,7 +557,6 @@ public class Criteria {
 		Assert.notNull(lowerBound, "lowerBound must not be null");
 
 		queryCriteriaEntries.add(new CriteriaEntry(OperationKey.GREATER, lowerBound));
-        recalculateHashCode();
 		return this;
 	}
 
@@ -601,7 +573,6 @@ public class Criteria {
 		Assert.notNull(value, "value must not be null");
 
 		queryCriteriaEntries.add(new CriteriaEntry(OperationKey.MATCHES, value));
-        recalculateHashCode();
 		return this;
 	}
 
@@ -618,7 +589,6 @@ public class Criteria {
 		Assert.notNull(value, "value must not be null");
 
 		queryCriteriaEntries.add(new CriteriaEntry(OperationKey.MATCHES_ALL, value));
-        recalculateHashCode();
 		return this;
 	}
 
@@ -631,7 +601,6 @@ public class Criteria {
 	public Criteria empty() {
 
 		queryCriteriaEntries.add(new CriteriaEntry(OperationKey.EMPTY));
-        recalculateHashCode();
 		return this;
 	}
 
@@ -644,7 +613,6 @@ public class Criteria {
 	public Criteria notEmpty() {
 
 		queryCriteriaEntries.add(new CriteriaEntry(OperationKey.NOT_EMPTY));
-        recalculateHashCode();
 		return this;
 	}
 
@@ -660,7 +628,6 @@ public class Criteria {
 		Assert.notNull(value, "value must not be null");
 
 		queryCriteriaEntries.add(new CriteriaEntry(OperationKey.REGEXP, value));
-        recalculateHashCode();
 		return this;
 	}
 
@@ -679,7 +646,6 @@ public class Criteria {
 		Assert.notNull(boundingBox, "boundingBox value for boundedBy criteria must not be null");
 
 		filterCriteriaEntries.add(new CriteriaEntry(OperationKey.BBOX, new Object[] { boundingBox }));
-        recalculateHashCode();
 		return this;
 	}
 
@@ -696,7 +662,6 @@ public class Criteria {
 
 		filterCriteriaEntries
 				.add(new CriteriaEntry(OperationKey.BBOX, new Object[] { boundingBox.getFirst(), boundingBox.getSecond() }));
-        recalculateHashCode();
 		return this;
 	}
 
@@ -714,7 +679,6 @@ public class Criteria {
 
 		filterCriteriaEntries
 				.add(new CriteriaEntry(OperationKey.BBOX, new Object[] { topLeftGeohash, bottomRightGeohash }));
-        recalculateHashCode();
 		return this;
 	}
 
@@ -731,7 +695,6 @@ public class Criteria {
 		Assert.notNull(bottomRightPoint, "bottomRightPoint must not be null");
 
 		filterCriteriaEntries.add(new CriteriaEntry(OperationKey.BBOX, new Object[] { topLeftPoint, bottomRightPoint }));
-        recalculateHashCode();
 		return this;
 	}
 
@@ -749,7 +712,6 @@ public class Criteria {
 
 		filterCriteriaEntries.add(new CriteriaEntry(OperationKey.BBOX,
 				new Object[] { GeoPoint.fromPoint(topLeftPoint), GeoPoint.fromPoint(bottomRightPoint) }));
-        recalculateHashCode();
 		return this;
 	}
 
@@ -767,7 +729,6 @@ public class Criteria {
 		Assert.notNull(location, "Distance value for near criteria must not be null");
 
 		filterCriteriaEntries.add(new CriteriaEntry(OperationKey.WITHIN, new Object[] { location, distance }));
-        recalculateHashCode();
 		return this;
 	}
 
@@ -784,7 +745,6 @@ public class Criteria {
 		Assert.notNull(location, "Distance value for near criteria must not be null");
 
 		filterCriteriaEntries.add(new CriteriaEntry(OperationKey.WITHIN, new Object[] { location, distance }));
-        recalculateHashCode();
 		return this;
 	}
 
@@ -801,7 +761,6 @@ public class Criteria {
 		Assert.isTrue(StringUtils.hasLength(geoLocation), "geoLocation value must not be null");
 
 		filterCriteriaEntries.add(new CriteriaEntry(OperationKey.WITHIN, new Object[] { geoLocation, distance }));
-        recalculateHashCode();
 		return this;
 	}
 
@@ -816,7 +775,6 @@ public class Criteria {
 		Assert.notNull(geoShape, "geoShape must not be null");
 
 		filterCriteriaEntries.add(new CriteriaEntry(OperationKey.GEO_INTERSECTS, geoShape));
-        recalculateHashCode();
 		return this;
 	}
 
@@ -831,7 +789,6 @@ public class Criteria {
 		Assert.notNull(geoShape, "geoShape must not be null");
 
 		filterCriteriaEntries.add(new CriteriaEntry(OperationKey.GEO_IS_DISJOINT, geoShape));
-        recalculateHashCode();
 		return this;
 	}
 
@@ -845,7 +802,6 @@ public class Criteria {
 		Assert.notNull(geoShape, "geoShape must not be null");
 
 		filterCriteriaEntries.add(new CriteriaEntry(OperationKey.GEO_WITHIN, geoShape));
-        recalculateHashCode();
 		return this;
 	}
 
@@ -859,7 +815,6 @@ public class Criteria {
 		Assert.notNull(geoShape, "geoShape must not be null");
 
 		filterCriteriaEntries.add(new CriteriaEntry(OperationKey.GEO_CONTAINS, geoShape));
-        recalculateHashCode();
 		return this;
 	}
 
@@ -873,7 +828,6 @@ public class Criteria {
 		Assert.notNull(query, "has_child query must not be null.");
 
 		queryCriteriaEntries.add(new CriteriaEntry(OperationKey.HAS_CHILD, query));
-        recalculateHashCode();
 		return this;
 	}
 
@@ -887,7 +841,6 @@ public class Criteria {
 		Assert.notNull(query, "has_parent query must not be null.");
 
 		queryCriteriaEntries.add(new CriteriaEntry(OperationKey.HAS_PARENT, query));
-        recalculateHashCode();
 		return this;
 	}
 	// endregion
@@ -934,22 +887,18 @@ public class Criteria {
 
 	@Override
 	public int hashCode() {
-		return hashCode;
+		int result = field != null ? field.hashCode() : 0;
+		result = 31 * result + (boost != +0.0f ? Float.floatToIntBits(boost) : 0);
+		result = 31 * result + (negating ? 1 : 0);
+		// the criteriaChain contains "this" object, so we need to filter it out
+		// to avoid a stackoverflow here, because the hashcode implementation
+		// uses the element's hashcodes
+		result = 31 * result + criteriaChain.filter(this).hashCode();
+		result = 31 * result + queryCriteriaEntries.hashCode();
+		result = 31 * result + filterCriteriaEntries.hashCode();
+		result = 31 * result + subCriteria.hashCode();
+		return result;
 	}
-
-    private void recalculateHashCode() {
-        int result = field != null ? field.hashCode() : 0;
-        result = 31 * result + (boost != +0.0f ? Float.floatToIntBits(boost) : 0);
-        result = 31 * result + (negating ? 1 : 0);
-        // the criteriaChain contains "this" object, so we need to filter it out
-        // to avoid a stackoverflow here, because the hashcode implementation
-        // uses the element's hashcodes
-        result = 31 * result + criteriaChain.filter(this).hashCode();
-        result = 31 * result + queryCriteriaEntries.hashCode();
-        result = 31 * result + filterCriteriaEntries.hashCode();
-        result = 31 * result + subCriteria.hashCode();
-        this.hashCode = result;
-    }
 	// endregion
 
 	@Override

src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/core/query/FetchSourceFilter.java

@@ -28,14 +28,16 @@ import org.springframework.util.Assert;
  */
 public class FetchSourceFilter implements SourceFilter {
 
+	@Nullable private final Boolean fetchSource;
 	@Nullable private final String[] includes;
 	@Nullable private final String[] excludes;
 
 	/**
 	 * @since 5.2
 	 */
-	public static SourceFilter of(@Nullable final String[] includes, @Nullable final String[] excludes) {
-		return new FetchSourceFilter(includes, excludes);
+	public static SourceFilter of(@Nullable Boolean fetchSource, @Nullable final String[] includes,
+			@Nullable final String[] excludes) {
+		return new FetchSourceFilter(fetchSource, includes, excludes);
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -48,11 +50,18 @@ public class FetchSourceFilter implements SourceFilter {
 		return builderFunction.apply(new FetchSourceFilterBuilder()).build();
 	}
 
-	public FetchSourceFilter(@Nullable final String[] includes, @Nullable final String[] excludes) {
+	public FetchSourceFilter(@Nullable Boolean fetchSource, @Nullable final String[] includes,
+			@Nullable final String[] excludes) {
+		this.fetchSource = fetchSource;
 		this.includes = includes;
 		this.excludes = excludes;
 	}
 
+	@Override
+	public Boolean fetchSource() {
+		return fetchSource;
+	}
+
 	@Override
 	public String[] getIncludes() {
 		return includes;

src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/core/query/FetchSourceFilterBuilder.java

@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import org.springframework.lang.Nullable;
  */
 public class FetchSourceFilterBuilder {
 
+	@Nullable private Boolean fetchSource;
 	@Nullable private String[] includes;
 	@Nullable private String[] excludes;
 
@@ -38,12 +39,17 @@ public class FetchSourceFilterBuilder {
 		return this;
 	}
 
+	public FetchSourceFilterBuilder withFetchSource(Boolean fetchSource) {
+		this.fetchSource = fetchSource;
+		return this;
+	}
+
 	public SourceFilter build() {
 		if (includes == null)
 			includes = new String[0];
 		if (excludes == null)
 			excludes = new String[0];
 
-		return new FetchSourceFilter(includes, excludes);
+		return new FetchSourceFilter(fetchSource, includes, excludes);
 	}
 }

src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/core/query/IndexQuery.java

@@ -54,6 +54,13 @@ public class IndexQuery {
 		this.indexName = indexName;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * @since 5.5
+	 */
+	public static IndexQueryBuilder builder() {
+		return new IndexQueryBuilder();
+	}
+
 	@Nullable
 	public String getId() {
 		return id;

src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/core/query/SearchTemplateQueryBuilder.java

@@ -15,22 +15,22 @@
  */
 package org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.query;
 
-import org.springframework.lang.Nullable;
-
 import java.util.Map;
 
+import org.springframework.data.domain.Pageable;
+import org.springframework.data.domain.Sort;
+import org.springframework.lang.Nullable;
+
 /**
  * @author Peter-Josef Meisch
  * @since 5.1
  */
 public class SearchTemplateQueryBuilder extends BaseQueryBuilder<SearchTemplateQuery, SearchTemplateQueryBuilder> {
 
-	@Nullable
-	private String id;
+	@Nullable private String id;
 	@Nullable String source;
 
-	@Nullable
-	Map<String, Object> params;
+	@Nullable Map<String, Object> params;
 
 	@Nullable
 	public String getId() {
@@ -62,6 +62,18 @@ public class SearchTemplateQueryBuilder extends BaseQueryBuilder<SearchTemplateQ
 		return this;
 	}
 
+	@Override
+	public SearchTemplateQueryBuilder withSort(Sort sort) {
+		throw new IllegalArgumentException(
+				"sort is not supported in a searchtemplate query. Sort values must be defined in the stored template");
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public SearchTemplateQueryBuilder withPageable(Pageable pageable) {
+		throw new IllegalArgumentException(
+				"paging is not supported in a searchtemplate query. from and size values must be defined in the stored template");
+	}
+
 	@Override
 	public SearchTemplateQuery build() {
 		return new SearchTemplateQuery(this);

src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/core/query/SourceFilter.java

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import org.springframework.lang.Nullable;
 
 /**
  * SourceFilter for providing includes and excludes. Using these helps in reducing the amount of data that is returned
- * from Elasticsearch especially when the stored docuements are large and only some fields from these documents are
+ * from Elasticsearch especially when the stored documents are large and only some fields from these documents are
  * needed. If the SourceFilter includes the name of a property that has a different name mapped in Elasticsearch (see
  * {@link Field#name()} this will automatically be mapped.
  *
@@ -40,4 +40,15 @@ public interface SourceFilter {
 	 */
 	@Nullable
 	String[] getExcludes();
+
+	/**
+	 * Flag to set the _source parameter in a query to true or false. If this is not null, the values returned from
+	 * getIncludes() and getExcludes() are ignored
+	 *
+	 * @since 5.5
+	 */
+	@Nullable
+	default Boolean fetchSource() {
+		return null;
+	}
 }

src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/core/query/highlight/HighlightCommonParameters.java

@@ -80,6 +80,10 @@ public abstract class HighlightCommonParameters {
 		return boundaryScannerLocale;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * @deprecated the underlying functionality is deprecated since Elasticsearch 8.8.
+	 */
+	@Deprecated(since = "5.5")
 	public boolean getForceSource() {
 		return forceSource;
 	}
@@ -173,6 +177,10 @@ public abstract class HighlightCommonParameters {
 			return (SELF) this;
 		}
 
+		/**
+		 * @deprecated the underlying functionality is deprecated since Elasticsearch 8.8.
+		 */
+		@Deprecated(since = "5.5")
 		public SELF withForceSource(boolean forceSource) {
 			this.forceSource = forceSource;
 			return (SELF) this;

src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/core/reindex/ReindexResponse.java

@@ -187,7 +187,6 @@ public class ReindexResponse {
 	public static class Failure {
 
 		@Nullable private final String index;
-		@Nullable private final String type;
 		@Nullable private final String id;
 		@Nullable private final Exception cause;
 		@Nullable private final Integer status;
@@ -196,11 +195,10 @@ public class ReindexResponse {
 		@Nullable private final Boolean aborted;
 		@Nullable private final ElasticsearchErrorCause elasticsearchErrorCause;
 
-		private Failure(@Nullable String index, @Nullable String type, @Nullable String id, @Nullable Exception cause,
+		private Failure(@Nullable String index, @Nullable String id, @Nullable Exception cause,
 				@Nullable Integer status, @Nullable Long seqNo, @Nullable Long term, @Nullable Boolean aborted,
 				@Nullable ElasticsearchErrorCause elasticsearchErrorCause) {
 			this.index = index;
-			this.type = type;
 			this.id = id;
 			this.cause = cause;
 			this.status = status;
@@ -215,11 +213,6 @@ public class ReindexResponse {
 			return index;
 		}
 
-		@Nullable
-		public String getType() {
-			return type;
-		}
-
 		@Nullable
 		public String getId() {
 			return id;
@@ -269,7 +262,6 @@ public class ReindexResponse {
 		 */
 		public static final class FailureBuilder {
 			@Nullable private String index;
-			@Nullable private String type;
 			@Nullable private String id;
 			@Nullable private Exception cause;
 			@Nullable private Integer status;
@@ -285,11 +277,6 @@ public class ReindexResponse {
 				return this;
 			}
 
-			public Failure.FailureBuilder withType(String type) {
-				this.type = type;
-				return this;
-			}
-
 			public Failure.FailureBuilder withId(String id) {
 				this.id = id;
 				return this;
@@ -326,7 +313,7 @@ public class ReindexResponse {
 			}
 
 			public Failure build() {
-				return new Failure(index, type, id, cause, status, seqNo, term, aborted, elasticsearchErrorCause);
+				return new Failure(index, id, cause, status, seqNo, term, aborted, elasticsearchErrorCause);
 			}
 		}
 	}

src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/repository/query/AbstractElasticsearchRepositoryQuery.java

@@ -24,9 +24,10 @@ import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.mapping.IndexCoordinates;
 import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.query.BaseQuery;
 import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.query.DeleteQuery;
 import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.query.Query;
+import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.query.SearchTemplateQuery;
+import org.springframework.data.expression.ValueEvaluationContextProvider;
 import org.springframework.data.repository.query.ParametersParameterAccessor;
 import org.springframework.data.repository.query.QueryMethod;
-import org.springframework.data.repository.query.QueryMethodEvaluationContextProvider;
 import org.springframework.data.repository.query.RepositoryQuery;
 import org.springframework.data.repository.query.ResultProcessor;
 import org.springframework.data.util.StreamUtils;
@@ -49,11 +50,11 @@ public abstract class AbstractElasticsearchRepositoryQuery implements Repository
 	protected ElasticsearchQueryMethod queryMethod;
 	protected final ElasticsearchOperations elasticsearchOperations;
 	protected final ElasticsearchConverter elasticsearchConverter;
-	protected final QueryMethodEvaluationContextProvider evaluationContextProvider;
+	protected final ValueEvaluationContextProvider evaluationContextProvider;
 
 	public AbstractElasticsearchRepositoryQuery(ElasticsearchQueryMethod queryMethod,
 			ElasticsearchOperations elasticsearchOperations,
-			QueryMethodEvaluationContextProvider evaluationContextProvider) {
+			ValueEvaluationContextProvider evaluationContextProvider) {
 
 		Assert.notNull(queryMethod, "queryMethod must not be null");
 		Assert.notNull(elasticsearchOperations, "elasticsearchOperations must not be null");
@@ -114,11 +115,15 @@ public abstract class AbstractElasticsearchRepositoryQuery implements Repository
 					: PageRequest.of(0, DEFAULT_STREAM_BATCH_SIZE));
 			result = StreamUtils.createStreamFromIterator(elasticsearchOperations.searchForStream(query, clazz, index));
 		} else if (queryMethod.isCollectionQuery()) {
-			if (parameterAccessor.getPageable().isUnpaged()) {
-				int itemCount = (int) elasticsearchOperations.count(query, clazz, index);
-				query.setPageable(PageRequest.of(0, Math.max(1, itemCount)));
+			if (query instanceof SearchTemplateQuery) {
+				// we cannot get a count here, from and size would be in the template
 			} else {
-				query.setPageable(parameterAccessor.getPageable());
+				if (parameterAccessor.getPageable().isUnpaged()) {
+					int itemCount = (int) elasticsearchOperations.count(query, clazz, index);
+					query.setPageable(PageRequest.of(0, Math.max(1, itemCount)));
+				} else {
+					query.setPageable(parameterAccessor.getPageable());
+				}
 			}
 			result = elasticsearchOperations.search(query, clazz, index);
 		} else {
@@ -137,7 +142,8 @@ public abstract class AbstractElasticsearchRepositoryQuery implements Repository
 		var query = createQuery(parameterAccessor);
 		Assert.notNull(query, "unsupported query");
 
-		queryMethod.addMethodParameter(query, parameterAccessor, elasticsearchOperations.getElasticsearchConverter(),
+		queryMethod.addSpecialMethodParameters(query, parameterAccessor,
+				elasticsearchOperations.getElasticsearchConverter(),
 				evaluationContextProvider);
 
 		return query;

src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/repository/query/AbstractReactiveElasticsearchRepositoryQuery.java

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
  */
 package org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.repository.query;
 
+import org.springframework.data.expression.ValueEvaluationContextProvider;
 import reactor.core.publisher.Flux;
 import reactor.core.publisher.Mono;
 
@@ -52,11 +53,11 @@ abstract class AbstractReactiveElasticsearchRepositoryQuery implements Repositor
 
 	protected final ReactiveElasticsearchQueryMethod queryMethod;
 	private final ReactiveElasticsearchOperations elasticsearchOperations;
-	protected final QueryMethodEvaluationContextProvider evaluationContextProvider;
+	protected final ValueEvaluationContextProvider evaluationContextProvider;
 
 	AbstractReactiveElasticsearchRepositoryQuery(ReactiveElasticsearchQueryMethod queryMethod,
 			ReactiveElasticsearchOperations elasticsearchOperations,
-			QueryMethodEvaluationContextProvider evaluationContextProvider) {
+												 ValueEvaluationContextProvider evaluationContextProvider) {
 
 		Assert.notNull(queryMethod, "queryMethod must not be null");
 		Assert.notNull(elasticsearchOperations, "elasticsearchOperations must not be null");
@@ -105,7 +106,7 @@ abstract class AbstractReactiveElasticsearchRepositoryQuery implements Repositor
 		var query = createQuery(parameterAccessor);
 		Assert.notNull(query, "unsupported query");
 
-		queryMethod.addMethodParameter(query, parameterAccessor, elasticsearchOperations.getElasticsearchConverter(),
+		queryMethod.addSpecialMethodParameters(query, parameterAccessor, elasticsearchOperations.getElasticsearchConverter(),
 				evaluationContextProvider);
 
 		String indexName = queryMethod.getEntityInformation().getIndexName();

src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/repository/query/ElasticsearchPartQuery.java

@@ -16,12 +16,7 @@
 package org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.repository.query;
 
 import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.ElasticsearchOperations;
-import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.mapping.ElasticsearchPersistentProperty;
-import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.query.BaseQuery;
-import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.repository.query.parser.ElasticsearchQueryCreator;
-import org.springframework.data.mapping.context.MappingContext;
-import org.springframework.data.repository.query.QueryMethodEvaluationContextProvider;
-import org.springframework.data.repository.query.parser.PartTree;
+import org.springframework.data.repository.query.ValueExpressionDelegate;
 
 /**
  * ElasticsearchPartQuery
@@ -33,42 +28,12 @@ import org.springframework.data.repository.query.parser.PartTree;
  * @author Rasmus Faber-Espensen
  * @author Peter-Josef Meisch
  * @author Haibo Liu
+ * @deprecated since 5.5, use {@link RepositoryPartQuery} instead
  */
-public class ElasticsearchPartQuery extends AbstractElasticsearchRepositoryQuery {
-
-	private final PartTree tree;
-	private final MappingContext<?, ElasticsearchPersistentProperty> mappingContext;
-
+@Deprecated(forRemoval = true)
+public class ElasticsearchPartQuery extends RepositoryPartQuery {
 	public ElasticsearchPartQuery(ElasticsearchQueryMethod method, ElasticsearchOperations elasticsearchOperations,
-			QueryMethodEvaluationContextProvider evaluationContextProvider) {
-		super(method, elasticsearchOperations, evaluationContextProvider);
-		this.tree = new PartTree(queryMethod.getName(), queryMethod.getResultProcessor().getReturnedType().getDomainType());
-		this.mappingContext = elasticsearchConverter.getMappingContext();
-	}
-
-	@Override
-	public boolean isCountQuery() {
-		return tree.isCountProjection();
-	}
-
-	@Override
-	protected boolean isDeleteQuery() {
-		return tree.isDelete();
-	}
-
-	@Override
-	protected boolean isExistsQuery() {
-		return tree.isExistsProjection();
-	}
-
-	protected BaseQuery createQuery(ElasticsearchParametersParameterAccessor accessor) {
-
-		BaseQuery query = new ElasticsearchQueryCreator(tree, accessor, mappingContext).createQuery();
-
-		if (tree.getMaxResults() != null) {
-			query.setMaxResults(tree.getMaxResults());
-		}
-
-		return query;
+			ValueExpressionDelegate valueExpressionDelegate) {
+		super(method, elasticsearchOperations, valueExpressionDelegate);
 	}
 }

src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/repository/query/ElasticsearchQueryMethod.java

@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import org.springframework.core.convert.ConversionService;
 import org.springframework.dao.InvalidDataAccessApiUsageException;
 import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.annotations.Highlight;
 import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.annotations.Query;
+import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.annotations.SearchTemplateQuery;
 import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.annotations.SourceFilters;
 import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.SearchHit;
 import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.SearchHits;
@@ -43,6 +44,7 @@ import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.query.RuntimeField;
 import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.query.ScriptedField;
 import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.query.SourceFilter;
 import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.repository.support.QueryStringProcessor;
+import org.springframework.data.expression.ValueEvaluationContextProvider;
 import org.springframework.data.mapping.context.MappingContext;
 import org.springframework.data.projection.ProjectionFactory;
 import org.springframework.data.repository.core.RepositoryMetadata;
@@ -84,6 +86,7 @@ public class ElasticsearchQueryMethod extends QueryMethod {
 	@Nullable private final Query queryAnnotation;
 	@Nullable private final Highlight highlightAnnotation;
 	@Nullable private final SourceFilters sourceFilters;
+	@Nullable private final SearchTemplateQuery searchTemplateQueryAnnotation;
 
 	public ElasticsearchQueryMethod(Method method, RepositoryMetadata repositoryMetadata, ProjectionFactory factory,
 			MappingContext<? extends ElasticsearchPersistentEntity<?>, ElasticsearchPersistentProperty> mappingContext) {
@@ -98,17 +101,11 @@ public class ElasticsearchQueryMethod extends QueryMethod {
 		this.highlightAnnotation = AnnotatedElementUtils.findMergedAnnotation(method, Highlight.class);
 		this.sourceFilters = AnnotatedElementUtils.findMergedAnnotation(method, SourceFilters.class);
 		this.unwrappedReturnType = potentiallyUnwrapReturnTypeFor(repositoryMetadata, method);
+		this.searchTemplateQueryAnnotation = AnnotatedElementUtils.findMergedAnnotation(method, SearchTemplateQuery.class);
 
 		verifyCountQueryTypes();
 	}
 
-	@SuppressWarnings("removal")
-	@Override
-	@Deprecated
-	protected Parameters<?, ?> createParameters(Method method, TypeInformation<?> domainType) {
-		return new ElasticsearchParameters(ParametersSource.of(method));
-	}
-
 	@Override
 	protected Parameters<?, ?> createParameters(ParametersSource parametersSource) {
 		return new ElasticsearchParameters(parametersSource);
@@ -125,12 +122,16 @@ public class ElasticsearchQueryMethod extends QueryMethod {
 		}
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * @return if the method is annotated with the {@link Query} annotation.
+	 */
 	public boolean hasAnnotatedQuery() {
 		return this.queryAnnotation != null;
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * @return the query String. Must not be {@literal null} when {@link #hasAnnotatedQuery()} returns true
+	 * @return the query String defined in the {@link Query} annotation. Must not be {@literal null} when
+	 *         {@link #hasAnnotatedQuery()} returns true.
 	 */
 	@Nullable
 	public String getAnnotatedQuery() {
@@ -158,6 +159,27 @@ public class ElasticsearchQueryMethod extends QueryMethod {
 		return new HighlightQuery(highlightConverter.convert(highlightAnnotation), getDomainClass());
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * @return if the method is annotated with the {@link SearchTemplateQuery} annotation.
+	 * @since 5.5
+	 */
+	public boolean hasAnnotatedSearchTemplateQuery() {
+		return this.searchTemplateQueryAnnotation != null;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @return the {@link SearchTemplateQuery} annotation
+	 * @throws IllegalArgumentException if no {@link SearchTemplateQuery} annotation is present on the method
+	 * @since 5.5
+	 */
+	public SearchTemplateQuery getAnnotatedSearchTemplateQuery() {
+
+		Assert.isTrue(hasAnnotatedSearchTemplateQuery(), "no SearchTemplateQuery annotation present on " + getName());
+		Assert.notNull(searchTemplateQueryAnnotation, "highlsearchTemplateQueryAnnotationightAnnotation must not be null");
+
+		return searchTemplateQueryAnnotation;
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * @return the {@link ElasticsearchEntityMetadata} for the query methods {@link #getReturnedObjectType() return type}.
 	 * @since 3.2
@@ -281,7 +303,7 @@ public class ElasticsearchQueryMethod extends QueryMethod {
 
 	/**
 	 * @return {@literal true} if the method is annotated with
-	 *         {@link org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.annotations.CountQuery} or with {@link Query}(count =true)
+	 *         {@link org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.annotations.CountQuery} or with {@link Query}(count = true)
 	 * @since 4.2
 	 */
 	public boolean hasCountQueryAnnotation() {
@@ -303,7 +325,7 @@ public class ElasticsearchQueryMethod extends QueryMethod {
 	@Nullable
 	SourceFilter getSourceFilter(ElasticsearchParametersParameterAccessor parameterAccessor,
 			ElasticsearchConverter converter,
-			QueryMethodEvaluationContextProvider evaluationContextProvider) {
+			ValueEvaluationContextProvider evaluationContextProvider) {
 
 		if (sourceFilters == null || (sourceFilters.includes().length == 0 && sourceFilters.excludes().length == 0)) {
 			return null;
@@ -326,7 +348,7 @@ public class ElasticsearchQueryMethod extends QueryMethod {
 	}
 
 	private String[] mapParameters(String[] source, ElasticsearchParametersParameterAccessor parameterAccessor,
-			ConversionService conversionService, QueryMethodEvaluationContextProvider evaluationContextProvider) {
+			ConversionService conversionService, ValueEvaluationContextProvider evaluationContextProvider) {
 
 		List<String> fieldNames = new ArrayList<>();
 
@@ -377,9 +399,9 @@ public class ElasticsearchQueryMethod extends QueryMethod {
 		}
 	}
 
-	void addMethodParameter(BaseQuery query, ElasticsearchParametersParameterAccessor parameterAccessor,
-			ElasticsearchConverter elasticsearchConverter,
-			QueryMethodEvaluationContextProvider evaluationContextProvider) {
+	void addSpecialMethodParameters(BaseQuery query, ElasticsearchParametersParameterAccessor parameterAccessor,
+									ElasticsearchConverter elasticsearchConverter,
+									ValueEvaluationContextProvider evaluationContextProvider) {
 
 		if (hasAnnotatedHighlight()) {
 			var highlightQuery = getAnnotatedHighlightQuery(new HighlightConverter(parameterAccessor,

src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/repository/query/ElasticsearchStringQuery.java

@@ -15,13 +15,8 @@
  */
 package org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.repository.query;
 
-import org.springframework.core.convert.ConversionService;
 import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.ElasticsearchOperations;
-import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.query.BaseQuery;
-import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.query.StringQuery;
-import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.repository.support.QueryStringProcessor;
-import org.springframework.data.repository.query.QueryMethodEvaluationContextProvider;
-import org.springframework.util.Assert;
+import org.springframework.data.repository.query.ValueExpressionDelegate;
 
 /**
  * ElasticsearchStringQuery
@@ -32,43 +27,12 @@ import org.springframework.util.Assert;
  * @author Taylor Ono
  * @author Peter-Josef Meisch
  * @author Haibo Liu
+ * @deprecated since 5.5, use {@link RepositoryStringQuery}
  */
-public class ElasticsearchStringQuery extends AbstractElasticsearchRepositoryQuery {
-
-	private final String queryString;
-
+@Deprecated(since = "5.5", forRemoval = true)
+public class ElasticsearchStringQuery extends RepositoryStringQuery {
 	public ElasticsearchStringQuery(ElasticsearchQueryMethod queryMethod, ElasticsearchOperations elasticsearchOperations,
-			String queryString, QueryMethodEvaluationContextProvider evaluationContextProvider) {
-		super(queryMethod, elasticsearchOperations, evaluationContextProvider);
-
-		Assert.notNull(queryString, "Query cannot be empty");
-		Assert.notNull(evaluationContextProvider, "ExpressionEvaluationContextProvider must not be null");
-
-		this.queryString = queryString;
+			String queryString, ValueExpressionDelegate valueExpressionDelegate) {
+		super(queryMethod, elasticsearchOperations, queryString, valueExpressionDelegate);
 	}
-
-	@Override
-	public boolean isCountQuery() {
-		return queryMethod.hasCountQueryAnnotation();
-	}
-
-	@Override
-	protected boolean isDeleteQuery() {
-		return false;
-	}
-
-	@Override
-	protected boolean isExistsQuery() {
-		return false;
-	}
-
-	protected BaseQuery createQuery(ElasticsearchParametersParameterAccessor parameterAccessor) {
-		ConversionService conversionService = elasticsearchOperations.getElasticsearchConverter().getConversionService();
-		var processed = new QueryStringProcessor(queryString, queryMethod, conversionService, evaluationContextProvider)
-				.createQuery(parameterAccessor);
-
-		return new StringQuery(processed)
-				.addSort(parameterAccessor.getSort());
-	}
-
 }

src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/repository/query/HighlightConverter.java

@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.query.highlight.Highlight;
 import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.query.highlight.HighlightField;
 import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.query.highlight.HighlightParameters;
 import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.repository.support.QueryStringProcessor;
+import org.springframework.data.expression.ValueEvaluationContextProvider;
 import org.springframework.data.repository.query.QueryMethod;
-import org.springframework.data.repository.query.QueryMethodEvaluationContextProvider;
 import org.springframework.util.Assert;
 
 /**
@@ -38,13 +38,13 @@ public class HighlightConverter {
 
 	private final ElasticsearchParametersParameterAccessor parameterAccessor;
 	private final ConversionService conversionService;
-	private final QueryMethodEvaluationContextProvider evaluationContextProvider;
+	private final ValueEvaluationContextProvider evaluationContextProvider;
 	private final QueryMethod queryMethod;
 
 	HighlightConverter(ElasticsearchParametersParameterAccessor parameterAccessor,
-					   ConversionService conversionService,
-					   QueryMethodEvaluationContextProvider evaluationContextProvider,
-					   QueryMethod queryMethod) {
+			ConversionService conversionService,
+			ValueEvaluationContextProvider evaluationContextProvider,
+			QueryMethod queryMethod) {
 
 		Assert.notNull(parameterAccessor, "parameterAccessor must not be null");
 		Assert.notNull(conversionService, "conversionService must not be null");

src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/repository/query/ReactiveElasticsearchQueryMethod.java

@@ -15,8 +15,6 @@
  */
 package org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.repository.query;
 
-import static org.springframework.data.repository.util.ClassUtils.*;
-
 import reactor.core.publisher.Mono;
 
 import java.lang.reflect.Method;
@@ -36,6 +34,7 @@ import org.springframework.data.repository.core.RepositoryMetadata;
 import org.springframework.data.repository.util.ReactiveWrapperConverters;
 import org.springframework.data.util.Lazy;
 import org.springframework.data.util.ReactiveWrappers;
+import org.springframework.data.util.ReflectionUtils;
 import org.springframework.data.util.TypeInformation;
 import org.springframework.util.ClassUtils;
 
@@ -55,7 +54,7 @@ public class ReactiveElasticsearchQueryMethod extends ElasticsearchQueryMethod {
 
 		super(method, metadata, factory, mappingContext);
 
-		if (hasParameterOfType(method, Pageable.class)) {
+		if (ReflectionUtils.hasParameterOfType(method, Pageable.class)) {
 
 			TypeInformation<?> returnType = TypeInformation.fromReturnTypeOf(method);
 			boolean multiWrapper = ReactiveWrappers.isMultiValueType(returnType.getType());
@@ -75,7 +74,7 @@ public class ReactiveElasticsearchQueryMethod extends ElasticsearchQueryMethod {
 						method));
 			}
 
-			if (hasParameterOfType(method, Sort.class)) {
+			if (ReflectionUtils.hasParameterOfType(method, Sort.class)) {
 				throw new IllegalStateException(String.format("Method must not have Pageable *and* Sort parameter. "
 						+ "Use sorting capabilities on Pageable instead! Offending method: %s", method));
 			}

src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/repository/query/ReactiveElasticsearchStringQuery.java

@@ -15,68 +15,26 @@
  */
 package org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.repository.query;
 
-import org.springframework.core.convert.ConversionService;
 import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.ReactiveElasticsearchOperations;
-import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.query.BaseQuery;
-import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.query.StringQuery;
-import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.repository.support.QueryStringProcessor;
-import org.springframework.data.repository.query.QueryMethodEvaluationContextProvider;
-import org.springframework.util.Assert;
+import org.springframework.data.repository.query.ValueExpressionDelegate;
 
 /**
  * @author Christoph Strobl
  * @author Taylor Ono
  * @author Haibo Liu
  * @since 3.2
+ * @deprecated since 5.5, use {@link ReactiveRepositoryStringQuery}
  */
-public class ReactiveElasticsearchStringQuery extends AbstractReactiveElasticsearchRepositoryQuery {
-
-	private final String query;
-	private final QueryMethodEvaluationContextProvider evaluationContextProvider;
+@Deprecated(since = "5.5", forRemoval = true)
+public class ReactiveElasticsearchStringQuery extends ReactiveRepositoryStringQuery {
 
 	public ReactiveElasticsearchStringQuery(ReactiveElasticsearchQueryMethod queryMethod,
-			ReactiveElasticsearchOperations operations, QueryMethodEvaluationContextProvider evaluationContextProvider) {
-
-		this(queryMethod.getAnnotatedQuery(), queryMethod, operations, evaluationContextProvider);
+			ReactiveElasticsearchOperations operations, ValueExpressionDelegate valueExpressionDelegate) {
+		super(queryMethod, operations, valueExpressionDelegate);
 	}
 
 	public ReactiveElasticsearchStringQuery(String query, ReactiveElasticsearchQueryMethod queryMethod,
-			ReactiveElasticsearchOperations operations, QueryMethodEvaluationContextProvider evaluationContextProvider) {
-		super(queryMethod, operations, evaluationContextProvider);
-
-		Assert.notNull(query, "query must not be null");
-		Assert.notNull(evaluationContextProvider, "evaluationContextProvider must not be null");
-
-		this.query = query;
-		this.evaluationContextProvider = evaluationContextProvider;
-	}
-
-	@Override
-	protected BaseQuery createQuery(ElasticsearchParametersParameterAccessor parameterAccessor) {
-		ConversionService conversionService = getElasticsearchOperations().getElasticsearchConverter()
-				.getConversionService();
-		String processed = new QueryStringProcessor(query, queryMethod, conversionService, evaluationContextProvider)
-				.createQuery(parameterAccessor);
-		return new StringQuery(processed);
-	}
-
-	@Override
-	boolean isCountQuery() {
-		return queryMethod.hasCountQueryAnnotation();
-	}
-
-	@Override
-	boolean isDeleteQuery() {
-		return false;
-	}
-
-	@Override
-	boolean isExistsQuery() {
-		return false;
-	}
-
-	@Override
-	boolean isLimiting() {
-		return false;
+			ReactiveElasticsearchOperations operations, ValueExpressionDelegate valueExpressionDelegate) {
+		super(query, queryMethod, operations, valueExpressionDelegate);
 	}
 }

src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/repository/query/ReactivePartTreeElasticsearchQuery.java

@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.ReactiveElasticsearchOperatio
 import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.query.BaseQuery;
 import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.query.CriteriaQuery;
 import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.repository.query.parser.ElasticsearchQueryCreator;
-import org.springframework.data.repository.query.QueryMethodEvaluationContextProvider;
 import org.springframework.data.repository.query.ResultProcessor;
+import org.springframework.data.repository.query.ValueExpressionDelegate;
 import org.springframework.data.repository.query.parser.PartTree;
 
 /**
@@ -35,8 +35,9 @@ public class ReactivePartTreeElasticsearchQuery extends AbstractReactiveElastics
 
 	public ReactivePartTreeElasticsearchQuery(ReactiveElasticsearchQueryMethod queryMethod,
 			ReactiveElasticsearchOperations elasticsearchOperations,
-			QueryMethodEvaluationContextProvider evaluationContextProvider) {
-		super(queryMethod, elasticsearchOperations, evaluationContextProvider);
+			ValueExpressionDelegate valueExpressionDelegate) {
+		super(queryMethod, elasticsearchOperations,
+				valueExpressionDelegate.createValueContextProvider(queryMethod.getParameters()));
 
 		ResultProcessor processor = queryMethod.getResultProcessor();
 		this.tree = new PartTree(queryMethod.getName(), processor.getReturnedType().getDomainType());

src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/repository/query/ReactiveRepositorySearchTemplateQuery.java

@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2025 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.repository.query;
+
+import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.ReactiveElasticsearchOperations;
+import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.query.BaseQuery;
+import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.query.SearchTemplateQuery;
+import org.springframework.data.repository.query.ValueExpressionDelegate;
+import org.springframework.util.Assert;
+
+/**
+ * A reactive repository query that uses a search template already stored in Elasticsearch.
+ *
+ * @author P.J. Meisch (pj.meisch@sothawo.com)
+ * @since 5.5
+ */
+public class ReactiveRepositorySearchTemplateQuery extends AbstractReactiveElasticsearchRepositoryQuery {
+
+	private String id;
+	private Map<String, Object> params;
+
+	public ReactiveRepositorySearchTemplateQuery(ReactiveElasticsearchQueryMethod queryMethod,
+			ReactiveElasticsearchOperations elasticsearchOperations,
+			ValueExpressionDelegate valueExpressionDelegate,
+			String id) {
+		super(queryMethod, elasticsearchOperations,
+				valueExpressionDelegate.createValueContextProvider(queryMethod.getParameters()));
+		Assert.hasLength(id, "id must not be null or empty");
+		this.id = id;
+	}
+
+	public String getId() {
+		return id;
+	}
+
+	public Map<String, Object> getParams() {
+		return params;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public boolean isCountQuery() {
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	protected boolean isDeleteQuery() {
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	protected boolean isExistsQuery() {
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	boolean isLimiting() {
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	protected BaseQuery createQuery(ElasticsearchParametersParameterAccessor parameterAccessor) {
+
+		var searchTemplateParameters = new LinkedHashMap<String, Object>();
+		var values = parameterAccessor.getValues();
+
+		parameterAccessor.getParameters().forEach(parameter -> {
+			if (!parameter.isSpecialParameter() && parameter.getName().isPresent() && parameter.getIndex() <= values.length) {
+				searchTemplateParameters.put(parameter.getName().get(), values[parameter.getIndex()]);
+			}
+		});
+
+		return SearchTemplateQuery.builder()
+				.withId(id)
+				.withParams(searchTemplateParameters)
+				.build();
+	}
+}

src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/repository/query/ReactiveRepositoryStringQuery.java

@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2019-2024 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.repository.query;
+
+import org.springframework.core.convert.ConversionService;
+import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.ReactiveElasticsearchOperations;
+import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.query.BaseQuery;
+import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.query.StringQuery;
+import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.repository.support.QueryStringProcessor;
+import org.springframework.data.repository.query.QueryMethodEvaluationContextProvider;
+import org.springframework.data.repository.query.ValueExpressionDelegate;
+import org.springframework.util.Assert;
+
+/**
+ * Was originally named ReactiveElasticsearchStringQuery.
+ *
+ * @author Christoph Strobl
+ * @author Taylor Ono
+ * @author Haibo Liu
+ * @since 3.2
+ */
+public class ReactiveRepositoryStringQuery extends AbstractReactiveElasticsearchRepositoryQuery {
+
+	private final String query;
+
+	public ReactiveRepositoryStringQuery(ReactiveElasticsearchQueryMethod queryMethod,
+			ReactiveElasticsearchOperations operations, ValueExpressionDelegate valueExpressionDelegate) {
+
+		this(queryMethod.getAnnotatedQuery(), queryMethod, operations, valueExpressionDelegate);
+	}
+
+	public ReactiveRepositoryStringQuery(String query, ReactiveElasticsearchQueryMethod queryMethod,
+			ReactiveElasticsearchOperations operations, ValueExpressionDelegate valueExpressionDelegate) {
+		super(queryMethod, operations, valueExpressionDelegate.createValueContextProvider(queryMethod.getParameters()));
+
+		Assert.notNull(query, "query must not be null");
+
+		this.query = query;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	protected BaseQuery createQuery(ElasticsearchParametersParameterAccessor parameterAccessor) {
+		ConversionService conversionService = getElasticsearchOperations().getElasticsearchConverter()
+				.getConversionService();
+		String processed = new QueryStringProcessor(query, queryMethod, conversionService, evaluationContextProvider)
+				.createQuery(parameterAccessor);
+		return new StringQuery(processed);
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	boolean isCountQuery() {
+		return queryMethod.hasCountQueryAnnotation();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	boolean isDeleteQuery() {
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	boolean isExistsQuery() {
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	boolean isLimiting() {
+		return false;
+	}
+}

src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/repository/query/RepositoryPartQuery.java

@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2013-2024 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.repository.query;
+
+import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.ElasticsearchOperations;
+import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.mapping.ElasticsearchPersistentProperty;
+import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.query.BaseQuery;
+import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.repository.query.parser.ElasticsearchQueryCreator;
+import org.springframework.data.mapping.context.MappingContext;
+import org.springframework.data.repository.query.ValueExpressionDelegate;
+import org.springframework.data.repository.query.parser.PartTree;
+
+/**
+ * A repository query that is built from the the method name in the repository definition. Was originally named
+ * ElasticsearchPartQuery.
+ *
+ * @author Rizwan Idrees
+ * @author Mohsin Husen
+ * @author Kevin Leturc
+ * @author Mark Paluch
+ * @author Rasmus Faber-Espensen
+ * @author Peter-Josef Meisch
+ * @author Haibo Liu
+ */
+public class RepositoryPartQuery extends AbstractElasticsearchRepositoryQuery {
+
+	private final PartTree tree;
+	private final MappingContext<?, ElasticsearchPersistentProperty> mappingContext;
+
+	public RepositoryPartQuery(ElasticsearchQueryMethod method, ElasticsearchOperations elasticsearchOperations,
+			ValueExpressionDelegate valueExpressionDelegate) {
+		super(method, elasticsearchOperations,
+				valueExpressionDelegate.createValueContextProvider(method.getParameters()));
+		this.tree = new PartTree(queryMethod.getName(), queryMethod.getResultProcessor().getReturnedType().getDomainType());
+		this.mappingContext = elasticsearchConverter.getMappingContext();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public boolean isCountQuery() {
+		return tree.isCountProjection();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	protected boolean isDeleteQuery() {
+		return tree.isDelete();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	protected boolean isExistsQuery() {
+		return tree.isExistsProjection();
+	}
+
+	protected BaseQuery createQuery(ElasticsearchParametersParameterAccessor accessor) {
+
+		BaseQuery query = new ElasticsearchQueryCreator(tree, accessor, mappingContext).createQuery();
+
+		if (tree.getMaxResults() != null) {
+			query.setMaxResults(tree.getMaxResults());
+		}
+
+		return query;
+	}
+}

src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/repository/query/RepositorySearchTemplateQuery.java

@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2025 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.repository.query;
+
+import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.ElasticsearchOperations;
+import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.query.BaseQuery;
+import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.query.SearchTemplateQuery;
+import org.springframework.data.repository.query.ValueExpressionDelegate;
+import org.springframework.util.Assert;
+
+/**
+ * A repository query that uses a search template already stored in Elasticsearch.
+ *
+ * @author P.J. Meisch (pj.meisch@sothawo.com)
+ * @since 5.5
+ */
+public class RepositorySearchTemplateQuery extends AbstractElasticsearchRepositoryQuery {
+
+	private String id;
+	private Map<String, Object> params;
+
+	public RepositorySearchTemplateQuery(ElasticsearchQueryMethod queryMethod,
+			ElasticsearchOperations elasticsearchOperations, ValueExpressionDelegate valueExpressionDelegate,
+			String id) {
+		super(queryMethod, elasticsearchOperations,
+				valueExpressionDelegate.createValueContextProvider(queryMethod.getParameters()));
+		Assert.hasLength(id, "id must not be null or empty");
+		this.id = id;
+	}
+
+	public String getId() {
+		return id;
+	}
+
+	public Map<String, Object> getParams() {
+		return params;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public boolean isCountQuery() {
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	protected boolean isDeleteQuery() {
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	protected boolean isExistsQuery() {
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	protected BaseQuery createQuery(ElasticsearchParametersParameterAccessor parameterAccessor) {
+
+		var searchTemplateParameters = new LinkedHashMap<String, Object>();
+		var values = parameterAccessor.getValues();
+
+		parameterAccessor.getParameters().forEach(parameter -> {
+			if (!parameter.isSpecialParameter() && parameter.getName().isPresent() && parameter.getIndex() <= values.length) {
+				searchTemplateParameters.put(parameter.getName().get(), values[parameter.getIndex()]);
+			}
+		});
+
+		return SearchTemplateQuery.builder()
+				.withId(id)
+				.withParams(searchTemplateParameters)
+				.build();
+	}
+}

src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/repository/query/RepositoryStringQuery.java

@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+package org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.repository.query;
+
+import org.springframework.core.convert.ConversionService;
+import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.ElasticsearchOperations;
+import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.query.BaseQuery;
+import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.query.StringQuery;
+import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.repository.support.QueryStringProcessor;
+import org.springframework.data.repository.query.ValueExpressionDelegate;
+import org.springframework.util.Assert;
+
+/**
+ * A repository query that is defined by a String containing the query. Was originally named ElasticsearchStringQuery.
+ *
+ * @author Rizwan Idrees
+ * @author Mohsin Husen
+ * @author Mark Paluch
+ * @author Taylor Ono
+ * @author Peter-Josef Meisch
+ * @author Haibo Liu
+ */
+public class RepositoryStringQuery extends AbstractElasticsearchRepositoryQuery {
+	private final String queryString;
+
+	public RepositoryStringQuery(ElasticsearchQueryMethod queryMethod, ElasticsearchOperations elasticsearchOperations,
+			String queryString, ValueExpressionDelegate valueExpressionDelegate) {
+		super(queryMethod, elasticsearchOperations,
+				valueExpressionDelegate.createValueContextProvider(queryMethod.getParameters()));
+
+		Assert.notNull(queryString, "Query cannot be empty");
+
+		this.queryString = queryString;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public boolean isCountQuery() {
+		return queryMethod.hasCountQueryAnnotation();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	protected boolean isDeleteQuery() {
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	protected boolean isExistsQuery() {
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	protected BaseQuery createQuery(ElasticsearchParametersParameterAccessor parameterAccessor) {
+		ConversionService conversionService = elasticsearchOperations.getElasticsearchConverter().getConversionService();
+		var processed = new QueryStringProcessor(queryString, queryMethod, conversionService, evaluationContextProvider)
+				.createQuery(parameterAccessor);
+
+		return new StringQuery(processed)
+				.addSort(parameterAccessor.getSort());
+	}
+}

src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/repository/support/ElasticsearchRepositoryFactory.java

@@ -22,9 +22,10 @@ import java.util.Optional;
 
 import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.ElasticsearchOperations;
 import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.repository.ElasticsearchRepository;
-import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.repository.query.ElasticsearchPartQuery;
 import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.repository.query.ElasticsearchQueryMethod;
-import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.repository.query.ElasticsearchStringQuery;
+import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.repository.query.RepositoryPartQuery;
+import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.repository.query.RepositorySearchTemplateQuery;
+import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.repository.query.RepositoryStringQuery;
 import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.repository.support.querybyexample.QueryByExampleElasticsearchExecutor;
 import org.springframework.data.projection.ProjectionFactory;
 import org.springframework.data.querydsl.QuerydslPredicateExecutor;
@@ -37,8 +38,8 @@ import org.springframework.data.repository.core.support.RepositoryFragment;
 import org.springframework.data.repository.query.QueryByExampleExecutor;
 import org.springframework.data.repository.query.QueryLookupStrategy;
 import org.springframework.data.repository.query.QueryLookupStrategy.Key;
-import org.springframework.data.repository.query.QueryMethodEvaluationContextProvider;
 import org.springframework.data.repository.query.RepositoryQuery;
+import org.springframework.data.repository.query.ValueExpressionDelegate;
 import org.springframework.lang.Nullable;
 import org.springframework.util.Assert;
 
@@ -96,16 +97,16 @@ public class ElasticsearchRepositoryFactory extends RepositoryFactorySupport {
 
 	@Override
 	protected Optional<QueryLookupStrategy> getQueryLookupStrategy(@Nullable Key key,
-			QueryMethodEvaluationContextProvider evaluationContextProvider) {
-		return Optional.of(new ElasticsearchQueryLookupStrategy(evaluationContextProvider));
+			ValueExpressionDelegate valueExpressionDelegate) {
+		return Optional.of(new ElasticsearchQueryLookupStrategy(valueExpressionDelegate));
 	}
 
 	private class ElasticsearchQueryLookupStrategy implements QueryLookupStrategy {
 
-		private final QueryMethodEvaluationContextProvider evaluationContextProvider;
+		private final ValueExpressionDelegate valueExpressionDelegate;
 
-		ElasticsearchQueryLookupStrategy(QueryMethodEvaluationContextProvider evaluationContextProvider) {
-			this.evaluationContextProvider = evaluationContextProvider;
+		ElasticsearchQueryLookupStrategy(ValueExpressionDelegate valueExpressionDelegate) {
+			this.valueExpressionDelegate = valueExpressionDelegate;
 		}
 
 		/*
@@ -122,13 +123,17 @@ public class ElasticsearchRepositoryFactory extends RepositoryFactorySupport {
 
 			if (namedQueries.hasQuery(namedQueryName)) {
 				String namedQuery = namedQueries.getQuery(namedQueryName);
-				return new ElasticsearchStringQuery(queryMethod, elasticsearchOperations, namedQuery,
-						evaluationContextProvider);
+				return new RepositoryStringQuery(queryMethod, elasticsearchOperations, namedQuery,
+						valueExpressionDelegate);
 			} else if (queryMethod.hasAnnotatedQuery()) {
-				return new ElasticsearchStringQuery(queryMethod, elasticsearchOperations, queryMethod.getAnnotatedQuery(),
-						evaluationContextProvider);
+				return new RepositoryStringQuery(queryMethod, elasticsearchOperations, queryMethod.getAnnotatedQuery(),
+						valueExpressionDelegate);
+			} else if (queryMethod.hasAnnotatedSearchTemplateQuery()) {
+				var searchTemplateQuery = queryMethod.getAnnotatedSearchTemplateQuery();
+				return new RepositorySearchTemplateQuery(queryMethod, elasticsearchOperations, valueExpressionDelegate,
+						searchTemplateQuery.id());
 			}
-			return new ElasticsearchPartQuery(queryMethod, elasticsearchOperations, evaluationContextProvider);
+			return new RepositoryPartQuery(queryMethod, elasticsearchOperations, valueExpressionDelegate);
 		}
 	}
 

src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/repository/support/QueryStringProcessor.java

@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ package org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.repository.support;
 import org.springframework.core.convert.ConversionService;
 import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.repository.query.ElasticsearchParametersParameterAccessor;
 import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.repository.support.spel.QueryStringSpELEvaluator;
+import org.springframework.data.expression.ValueEvaluationContextProvider;
 import org.springframework.data.repository.query.QueryMethod;
 import org.springframework.data.repository.query.QueryMethodEvaluationContextProvider;
 import org.springframework.util.Assert;
@@ -34,10 +35,10 @@ public class QueryStringProcessor {
 	private final String query;
 	private final QueryMethod queryMethod;
 	private final ConversionService conversionService;
-	private final QueryMethodEvaluationContextProvider evaluationContextProvider;
+	private final ValueEvaluationContextProvider evaluationContextProvider;
 
 	public QueryStringProcessor(String query, QueryMethod queryMethod, ConversionService conversionService,
-								QueryMethodEvaluationContextProvider evaluationContextProvider) {
+								ValueEvaluationContextProvider evaluationContextProvider) {
 
 		Assert.notNull(query, "query must not be null");
 		Assert.notNull(queryMethod, "queryMethod must not be null");

src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/repository/support/ReactiveElasticsearchRepositoryFactory.java

@@ -23,8 +23,9 @@ import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.ReactiveElasticsearchOperatio
 import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.mapping.ElasticsearchPersistentEntity;
 import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.mapping.ElasticsearchPersistentProperty;
 import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.repository.query.ReactiveElasticsearchQueryMethod;
-import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.repository.query.ReactiveElasticsearchStringQuery;
 import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.repository.query.ReactivePartTreeElasticsearchQuery;
+import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.repository.query.ReactiveRepositorySearchTemplateQuery;
+import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.repository.query.ReactiveRepositoryStringQuery;
 import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.repository.support.querybyexample.ReactiveQueryByExampleElasticsearchExecutor;
 import org.springframework.data.mapping.context.MappingContext;
 import org.springframework.data.projection.ProjectionFactory;
@@ -36,9 +37,9 @@ import org.springframework.data.repository.core.support.RepositoryComposition;
 import org.springframework.data.repository.core.support.RepositoryFragment;
 import org.springframework.data.repository.query.QueryLookupStrategy;
 import org.springframework.data.repository.query.QueryLookupStrategy.Key;
-import org.springframework.data.repository.query.QueryMethodEvaluationContextProvider;
 import org.springframework.data.repository.query.ReactiveQueryByExampleExecutor;
 import org.springframework.data.repository.query.RepositoryQuery;
+import org.springframework.data.repository.query.ValueExpressionDelegate;
 import org.springframework.lang.Nullable;
 import org.springframework.util.Assert;
 
@@ -92,14 +93,10 @@ public class ReactiveElasticsearchRepositoryFactory extends ReactiveRepositoryFa
 		return getTargetRepositoryViaReflection(information, entityInformation, operations);
 	}
 
-	/*
-	 * (non-Javadoc)
-	 * @see org.springframework.data.repository.core.support.RepositoryFactorySupport#getQueryLookupStrategy(org.springframework.data.repository.query.QueryLookupStrategy.Key, org.springframework.data.repository.query.EvaluationContextProvider)
-	 */
 	@Override
 	protected Optional<QueryLookupStrategy> getQueryLookupStrategy(@Nullable Key key,
-			QueryMethodEvaluationContextProvider evaluationContextProvider) {
-		return Optional.of(new ElasticsearchQueryLookupStrategy(operations, evaluationContextProvider, mappingContext));
+			ValueExpressionDelegate valueExpressionDelegate) {
+		return Optional.of(new ElasticsearchQueryLookupStrategy(operations, valueExpressionDelegate, mappingContext));
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -130,19 +127,19 @@ public class ReactiveElasticsearchRepositoryFactory extends ReactiveRepositoryFa
 	private static class ElasticsearchQueryLookupStrategy implements QueryLookupStrategy {
 
 		private final ReactiveElasticsearchOperations operations;
-		private final QueryMethodEvaluationContextProvider evaluationContextProvider;
+		private final ValueExpressionDelegate valueExpressionDelegate;
 		private final MappingContext<? extends ElasticsearchPersistentEntity<?>, ElasticsearchPersistentProperty> mappingContext;
 
 		public ElasticsearchQueryLookupStrategy(ReactiveElasticsearchOperations operations,
-				QueryMethodEvaluationContextProvider evaluationContextProvider,
+				ValueExpressionDelegate valueExpressionDelegate,
 				MappingContext<? extends ElasticsearchPersistentEntity<?>, ElasticsearchPersistentProperty> mappingContext) {
 
 			Assert.notNull(operations, "operations must not be null");
-			Assert.notNull(evaluationContextProvider, "evaluationContextProvider must not be null");
+			Assert.notNull(valueExpressionDelegate, "evaluationContextProvider must not be null");
 			Assert.notNull(mappingContext, "mappingContext must not be null");
 
 			this.operations = operations;
-			this.evaluationContextProvider = evaluationContextProvider;
+			this.valueExpressionDelegate = valueExpressionDelegate;
 			this.mappingContext = mappingContext;
 		}
 
@@ -161,12 +158,16 @@ public class ReactiveElasticsearchRepositoryFactory extends ReactiveRepositoryFa
 			if (namedQueries.hasQuery(namedQueryName)) {
 				String namedQuery = namedQueries.getQuery(namedQueryName);
 
-				return new ReactiveElasticsearchStringQuery(namedQuery, queryMethod, operations,
-						evaluationContextProvider);
+				return new ReactiveRepositoryStringQuery(namedQuery, queryMethod, operations,
+						valueExpressionDelegate);
 			} else if (queryMethod.hasAnnotatedQuery()) {
-				return new ReactiveElasticsearchStringQuery(queryMethod, operations, evaluationContextProvider);
+				return new ReactiveRepositoryStringQuery(queryMethod, operations, valueExpressionDelegate);
+			} else if (queryMethod.hasAnnotatedSearchTemplateQuery()) {
+				var searchTemplateQuery = queryMethod.getAnnotatedSearchTemplateQuery();
+				return new ReactiveRepositorySearchTemplateQuery(queryMethod, operations, valueExpressionDelegate,
+						searchTemplateQuery.id());
 			} else {
-				return new ReactivePartTreeElasticsearchQuery(queryMethod, operations, evaluationContextProvider);
+				return new ReactivePartTreeElasticsearchQuery(queryMethod, operations, valueExpressionDelegate);
 			}
 		}
 	}

src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/repository/support/SimpleElasticsearchRepository.java

@@ -384,7 +384,7 @@ public class SimpleElasticsearchRepository<T, ID> implements ElasticsearchReposi
 	public void deleteAll() {
 
 		executeAndRefresh((OperationsCallback<Void>) operations -> {
-			operations.delete(Query.findAll(), entityClass, getIndexCoordinates());
+			operations.delete(DeleteQuery.builder(Query.findAll()).build(), entityClass, getIndexCoordinates());
 			return null;
 		});
 	}

src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/repository/support/spel/QueryStringSpELEvaluator.java

@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.repository.query.ElasticsearchPara
 import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.repository.support.value.ElasticsearchCollectionValueToStringConverter;
 import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.repository.support.value.ElasticsearchQueryValueConversionService;
 import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.repository.support.value.ElasticsearchStringValueToStringConverter;
+import org.springframework.data.expression.ValueEvaluationContextProvider;
 import org.springframework.data.repository.query.QueryMethod;
-import org.springframework.data.repository.query.QueryMethodEvaluationContextProvider;
 import org.springframework.expression.EvaluationContext;
 import org.springframework.expression.Expression;
 import org.springframework.expression.ParserContext;
@@ -53,11 +53,11 @@ public class QueryStringSpELEvaluator {
 	private final String queryString;
 	private final ElasticsearchParametersParameterAccessor parameterAccessor;
 	private final QueryMethod queryMethod;
-	private final QueryMethodEvaluationContextProvider evaluationContextProvider;
+	private final ValueEvaluationContextProvider evaluationContextProvider;
 	private final TypeConverter elasticsearchSpELTypeConverter;
 
 	public QueryStringSpELEvaluator(String queryString, ElasticsearchParametersParameterAccessor parameterAccessor,
-			QueryMethod queryMethod, QueryMethodEvaluationContextProvider evaluationContextProvider,
+			QueryMethod queryMethod, ValueEvaluationContextProvider evaluationContextProvider,
 			ConversionService conversionService) {
 
 		Assert.notNull(queryString, "queryString must not be null");
@@ -83,8 +83,8 @@ public class QueryStringSpELEvaluator {
 		Expression expr = getQueryExpression(queryString);
 
 		if (expr != null) {
-			EvaluationContext context = evaluationContextProvider.getEvaluationContext(parameterAccessor.getParameters(),
-					parameterAccessor.getValues());
+			EvaluationContext context = evaluationContextProvider.getEvaluationContext(parameterAccessor.getValues())
+					.getRequiredEvaluationContext();
 
 			if (context instanceof StandardEvaluationContext standardEvaluationContext) {
 				standardEvaluationContext.setTypeConverter(elasticsearchSpELTypeConverter);

src/main/kotlin/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/core/SearchOperationsExtensions.kt

@@ -33,11 +33,11 @@ inline fun <reified T : Any> SearchOperations.searchOne(query: Query): SearchHit
 inline fun <reified T : Any> SearchOperations.searchOne(query: Query, index: IndexCoordinates): SearchHit<T>? =
     searchOne(query, T::class.java, index)
 
-inline fun <reified T : Any> SearchOperations.multiSearch(queries: List<out Query>): List<SearchHits<T>> =
+inline fun <reified T : Any> SearchOperations.multiSearch(queries: List<Query>): List<SearchHits<T>> =
     multiSearch(queries, T::class.java)
 
 inline fun <reified T : Any> SearchOperations.multiSearch(
-    queries: List<out Query>,
+    queries: List<Query>,
     index: IndexCoordinates
 ): List<SearchHits<T>> =
     multiSearch(queries, T::class.java, index)

src/main/resources/notice.txt

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Spring Data Elasticsearch 5.4.13 (2024.1.13)
+Spring Data Elasticsearch 5.5.3 (2025.0.3)
 Copyright (c) [2013-2022] Pivotal Software, Inc.
 
 This product is licensed to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License").
@@ -25,12 +25,6 @@ conditions of the subcomponent's license, as noted in the LICENSE file.
 
 
 
-
-
-
-
-
-
 
 
 

src/test/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/client/elc/CriteriaQueryMappingUnitTests.java

@@ -448,7 +448,7 @@ public class CriteriaQueryMappingUnitTests {
 	}
 
 	// the following test failed because of a wrong implementation in Criteria
-	// equals and hashcode methods.
+	// equals and hscode methods.
 	@Test // #3083
 	@DisplayName("should map correct subcriteria")
 	void shouldMapCorrectSubcriteria() throws JSONException {

src/test/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/client/elc/DevTests.java

@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ public class DevTests {
 	private static final SimpleElasticsearchMappingContext mappingContext = new SimpleElasticsearchMappingContext();
 	private static final MappingElasticsearchConverter converter = new MappingElasticsearchConverter(mappingContext);
 
-	private final TransportOptions transportOptions = new RestClientOptions(RequestOptions.DEFAULT).toBuilder()
+	private final TransportOptions transportOptions = new RestClientOptions(RequestOptions.DEFAULT, false).toBuilder()
 			.addHeader("X-SpringDataElasticsearch-AlwaysThere", "true").setParameter("pretty", "true").build();
 
 	private final JsonpMapper jsonpMapper = new JacksonJsonpMapper();

src/test/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/client/elc/ElasticsearchPartQueryELCIntegrationTests.java

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import co.elastic.clients.json.jackson.JacksonJsonpMapper;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Import;
 import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.mapping.IndexCoordinates;
-import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.query.ElasticsearchPartQueryIntegrationTests;
+import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.query.RepositoryPartQueryIntegrationTests;
 import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.query.Query;
 import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.junit.jupiter.ElasticsearchTemplateConfiguration;
 
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.junit.jupiter.ElasticsearchTemplat
  * @author Peter-Josef Meisch
  * @since 4.4
  */
-public class ElasticsearchPartQueryELCIntegrationTests extends ElasticsearchPartQueryIntegrationTests {
+public class ElasticsearchPartQueryELCIntegrationTests extends RepositoryPartQueryIntegrationTests {
 
 	@Configuration
 	@Import({ ElasticsearchTemplateConfiguration.class })

src/test/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/core/SourceFilterIntegrationTests.java

@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.annotations.Document;
 import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.annotations.Field;
 import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.annotations.FieldType;
 import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.mapping.IndexCoordinates;
+import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.query.FetchSourceFilter;
 import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.query.FetchSourceFilterBuilder;
 import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.query.Query;
 import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.query.SourceFilter;
@@ -186,6 +187,38 @@ public abstract class SourceFilterIntegrationTests {
 		assertThat(entity.getField3()).isNull();
 	}
 
+	@Test // #3009
+	@DisplayName("should not return any fields when source is set to false")
+	void shouldNotReturnAnyFieldsWhenSourceIsSetToFalse() {
+
+		Query query = Query.findAll();
+		query.addSourceFilter(FetchSourceFilter.of(b -> b.withFetchSource(false)));
+
+		SearchHits<Entity> entities = operations.search(query, Entity.class);
+
+		assertThat(entities).hasSize(1);
+		Entity entity = entities.getSearchHit(0).getContent();
+		assertThat(entity.getField1()).isNull();
+		assertThat(entity.getField2()).isNull();
+		assertThat(entity.getField3()).isNull();
+	}
+
+	@Test // #3009
+	@DisplayName("should return all fields when source is set to true")
+	void shouldReturnAllFieldsWhenSourceIsSetToTrue() {
+
+		Query query = Query.findAll();
+        query.addSourceFilter(FetchSourceFilter.of(b -> b.withFetchSource(true)));
+
+		SearchHits<Entity> entities = operations.search(query, Entity.class);
+
+		assertThat(entities).hasSize(1);
+		Entity entity = entities.getSearchHit(0).getContent();
+		assertThat(entity.getField1()).isNotNull();
+		assertThat(entity.getField2()).isNotNull();
+		assertThat(entity.getField3()).isNotNull();
+	}
+
 	@Document(indexName = "#{@indexNameProvider.indexName()}")
 	public static class Entity {
 		@Nullable

src/test/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/core/query/CriteriaTest.java

@@ -1,45 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright 2019-2025 the original author or authors.
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-package org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.query;
-
-import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.*;
-
-import java.time.Duration;
-import java.time.temporal.ChronoUnit;
-
-import org.junit.jupiter.api.DisplayName;
-import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
-
-/**
- * @author Peter-Josef Meisch
- */
-class CriteriaTest {
-
-	@Test // #3159
-	@DisplayName("should not slow down on calculating hashcode for long criteria chains")
-	void shouldNotSlowDownOnCalculatingHashcodeForLongCriteriaChains() {
-		assertTimeoutPreemptively(Duration.of(1, ChronoUnit.SECONDS), () -> {
-			var criteria = new Criteria();
-			var size = 1000;
-			for (int i = 1; i <= size; i++) {
-				criteria = criteria.or("field-" + i).contains("value-" + i);
-			}
-			final var criteriaChain = criteria.getCriteriaChain();
-			assertEquals(size, criteriaChain.size());
-			final var hashCode = Integer.valueOf(criteria.hashCode());
-		});
-	}
-}

src/test/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/core/query/RepositoryPartQueryIntegrationTests.java

@@ -34,15 +34,15 @@ import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.annotations.FieldType;
 import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.ElasticsearchOperations;
 import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.junit.jupiter.SpringIntegrationTest;
 import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.repository.ElasticsearchRepository;
-import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.repository.query.ElasticsearchPartQuery;
 import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.repository.query.ElasticsearchQueryMethod;
+import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.repository.query.RepositoryPartQuery;
 import org.springframework.data.projection.SpelAwareProxyProjectionFactory;
 import org.springframework.data.repository.core.support.DefaultRepositoryMetadata;
-import org.springframework.data.repository.query.QueryMethodEvaluationContextProvider;
+import org.springframework.data.repository.query.ValueExpressionDelegate;
 import org.springframework.lang.Nullable;
 
 /**
- * Tests for {@link ElasticsearchPartQuery}. The tests make sure that queries are built according to the method naming.
+ * Tests for {@link RepositoryPartQuery}. The tests make sure that queries are built according to the method naming.
  * Classes implementing this abstract class are in the packages of their request factories and converters as these are
  * kept package private.
  *
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ import org.springframework.lang.Nullable;
  */
 @SuppressWarnings("SpringJavaInjectionPointsAutowiringInspection")
 @SpringIntegrationTest
-public abstract class ElasticsearchPartQueryIntegrationTests {
+public abstract class RepositoryPartQueryIntegrationTests {
 
 	public static final String BOOK_TITLE = "Title";
 	public static final int BOOK_PRICE = 42;
@@ -727,8 +727,8 @@ public abstract class ElasticsearchPartQueryIntegrationTests {
 		ElasticsearchQueryMethod queryMethod = new ElasticsearchQueryMethod(method,
 				new DefaultRepositoryMetadata(SampleRepository.class), new SpelAwareProxyProjectionFactory(),
 				operations.getElasticsearchConverter().getMappingContext());
-		ElasticsearchPartQuery partQuery = new ElasticsearchPartQuery(queryMethod, operations,
-				QueryMethodEvaluationContextProvider.DEFAULT);
+		RepositoryPartQuery partQuery = new RepositoryPartQuery(queryMethod, operations,
+				ValueExpressionDelegate.create());
 		Query query = partQuery.createQuery(parameters);
 		return buildQueryString(query, Book.class);
 	}

src/test/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/core/query/scriptedandruntimefields/ScriptedAndRuntimeFieldsIntegrationTests.java

@@ -99,6 +99,8 @@ public abstract class ScriptedAndRuntimeFieldsIntegrationTests {
 	@DisplayName("should use runtime-field without script")
 	void shouldUseRuntimeFieldWithoutScript() {
 
+		// a runtime field without a script can be used to redefine the type of a field for the search,
+		// here we change the type from text to double
 		insert("1", "11", 10);
 		Query query = new CriteriaQuery(new Criteria("description").matches(11.0));
 		RuntimeField runtimeField = new RuntimeField("description", "double");
@@ -133,6 +135,25 @@ public abstract class ScriptedAndRuntimeFieldsIntegrationTests {
 		assertThat(foundPerson.getBirthDate()).isEqualTo(birthDate);
 	}
 
+	@Test // #3076
+	@DisplayName("should return scripted fields that are lists")
+	void shouldReturnScriptedFieldsThatAreLists() {
+		var person = new Person();
+		person.setFirstName("John");
+		person.setLastName("Doe");
+		operations.save(person);
+		var query = Query.findAll();
+		query.addFields("allNames");
+		query.addSourceFilter(new FetchSourceFilterBuilder().withIncludes("*").build());
+
+		var searchHits = operations.search(query, Person.class);
+
+		assertThat(searchHits.getTotalHits()).isEqualTo(1);
+		var foundPerson = searchHits.getSearchHit(0).getContent();
+		// the painless script seems to return the data sorted no matter in which order the values are emitted
+		assertThat(foundPerson.getAllNames()).containsExactlyInAnyOrderElementsOf(List.of("John", "Doe"));
+	}
+
 	@Test // #2035
 	@DisplayName("should use repository method with ScriptedField parameters")
 	void shouldUseRepositoryMethodWithScriptedFieldParameters() {
@@ -143,9 +164,11 @@ public abstract class ScriptedAndRuntimeFieldsIntegrationTests {
 
 		repository.save(entity);
 
-		org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.query.ScriptedField scriptedField1 = getScriptedField("scriptedValue1",
+		org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.query.ScriptedField scriptedField1 = buildScriptedField(
+				"scriptedValue1",
 				2);
-		org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.query.ScriptedField scriptedField2 = getScriptedField("scriptedValue2",
+		org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.query.ScriptedField scriptedField2 = buildScriptedField(
+				"scriptedValue2",
 				3);
 
 		var searchHits = repository.findByValue(3, scriptedField1, scriptedField2);
@@ -157,17 +180,6 @@ public abstract class ScriptedAndRuntimeFieldsIntegrationTests {
 		assertThat(foundEntity.getScriptedValue2()).isEqualTo(9);
 	}
 
-	@NotNull
-	private static org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.query.ScriptedField getScriptedField(String fieldName,
-			int factor) {
-		return org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.query.ScriptedField.of(
-				fieldName,
-				ScriptData.of(b -> b
-						.withType(ScriptType.INLINE)
-						.withScript("doc['value'].size() > 0 ? doc['value'].value * params['factor'] : 0")
-						.withParams(Map.of("factor", factor))));
-	}
-
 	@Test // #2035
 	@DisplayName("should use repository string query method with ScriptedField parameters")
 	void shouldUseRepositoryStringQueryMethodWithScriptedFieldParameters() {
@@ -178,9 +190,11 @@ public abstract class ScriptedAndRuntimeFieldsIntegrationTests {
 
 		repository.save(entity);
 
-		org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.query.ScriptedField scriptedField1 = getScriptedField("scriptedValue1",
+		org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.query.ScriptedField scriptedField1 = buildScriptedField(
+				"scriptedValue1",
 				2);
-		org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.query.ScriptedField scriptedField2 = getScriptedField("scriptedValue2",
+		org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.query.ScriptedField scriptedField2 = buildScriptedField(
+				"scriptedValue2",
 				3);
 
 		var searchHits = repository.findWithScriptedFields(3, scriptedField1, scriptedField2);
@@ -202,8 +216,8 @@ public abstract class ScriptedAndRuntimeFieldsIntegrationTests {
 
 		repository.save(entity);
 
-		var runtimeField1 = getRuntimeField("scriptedValue1", 3);
-		var runtimeField2 = getRuntimeField("scriptedValue2", 4);
+		var runtimeField1 = buildRuntimeField("scriptedValue1", 3);
+		var runtimeField2 = buildRuntimeField("scriptedValue2", 4);
 
 		var searchHits = repository.findByValue(3, runtimeField1, runtimeField2);
 
@@ -214,14 +228,6 @@ public abstract class ScriptedAndRuntimeFieldsIntegrationTests {
 		assertThat(foundEntity.getScriptedValue2()).isEqualTo(12);
 	}
 
-	@NotNull
-	private static RuntimeField getRuntimeField(String fieldName, int factor) {
-		return new RuntimeField(
-				fieldName,
-				"long",
-				String.format("emit(doc['value'].size() > 0 ? doc['value'].value * %d : 0)", factor));
-	}
-
 	@Test // #2035
 	@DisplayName("should use repository string query method with RuntimeField parameters")
 	void shouldUseRepositoryStringQueryMethodWithRuntimeFieldParameters() {
@@ -232,8 +238,8 @@ public abstract class ScriptedAndRuntimeFieldsIntegrationTests {
 
 		repository.save(entity);
 
-		var runtimeField1 = getRuntimeField("scriptedValue1", 3);
-		var runtimeField2 = getRuntimeField("scriptedValue2", 4);
+		var runtimeField1 = buildRuntimeField("scriptedValue1", 3);
+		var runtimeField2 = buildRuntimeField("scriptedValue2", 4);
 
 		var searchHits = repository.findWithRuntimeFields(3, runtimeField1, runtimeField2);
 
@@ -263,8 +269,7 @@ public abstract class ScriptedAndRuntimeFieldsIntegrationTests {
 				"priceWithTax",
 				"double",
 				"emit(doc['price'].value * params.tax)",
-				Map.of("tax", 1.19)
-		);
+				Map.of("tax", 1.19));
 		var query = CriteriaQuery.builder(
 				Criteria.where("priceWithTax").greaterThan(100.0))
 				.withRuntimeFields(List.of(runtimeField))
@@ -275,6 +280,56 @@ public abstract class ScriptedAndRuntimeFieldsIntegrationTests {
 		assertThat(searchHits).hasSize(1);
 	}
 
+	@Test // #3076
+	@DisplayName("should use runtime fields in queries returning lists")
+	void shouldUseRuntimeFieldsInQueriesReturningLists() {
+
+		insert("1", "item 1", 80.0);
+
+		var runtimeField = new RuntimeField(
+				"someStrings",
+				"keyword",
+				"emit('foo'); emit('bar');",
+				null);
+
+		var query = Query.findAll();
+		query.addRuntimeField(runtimeField);
+		query.addFields("someStrings");
+		query.addSourceFilter(new FetchSourceFilterBuilder().withIncludes("*").build());
+
+		var searchHits = operations.search(query, SomethingToBuy.class);
+
+		assertThat(searchHits).hasSize(1);
+		var somethingToBuy = searchHits.getSearchHit(0).getContent();
+		assertThat(somethingToBuy.someStrings).containsExactlyInAnyOrder("foo", "bar");
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * build a {@link org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.query.ScriptedField} to return the product of the
+	 * document's value property and the given factor
+	 */
+	@NotNull
+	private static org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.query.ScriptedField buildScriptedField(String fieldName,
+			int factor) {
+		return org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.query.ScriptedField.of(
+				fieldName,
+				ScriptData.of(b -> b
+						.withType(ScriptType.INLINE)
+						.withScript("doc['value'].size() > 0 ? doc['value'].value * params['factor'] : 0")
+						.withParams(Map.of("factor", factor))));
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * build a {@link RuntimeField} to return the product of the document's value property and the given factor
+	 */
+	@NotNull
+	private static RuntimeField buildRuntimeField(String fieldName, int factor) {
+		return new RuntimeField(
+				fieldName,
+				"long",
+				String.format("emit(doc['value'].size() > 0 ? doc['value'].value * %d : 0)", factor));
+	}
+
 	@SuppressWarnings("unused")
 	@Document(indexName = "#{@indexNameProvider.indexName()}-something-to-by")
 	private static class SomethingToBuy {
@@ -286,6 +341,9 @@ public abstract class ScriptedAndRuntimeFieldsIntegrationTests {
 		@Nullable
 		@Field(type = FieldType.Double) private Double price;
 
+		@Nullable
+		@ScriptedField private List<String> someStrings;
+
 		@Nullable
 		public String getId() {
 			return id;
@@ -312,6 +370,15 @@ public abstract class ScriptedAndRuntimeFieldsIntegrationTests {
 		public void setPrice(@Nullable Double price) {
 			this.price = price;
 		}
+
+		@Nullable
+		public List<String> getSomeStrings() {
+			return someStrings;
+		}
+
+		public void setSomeStrings(@Nullable List<String> someStrings) {
+			this.someStrings = someStrings;
+		}
 	}
 
 	@SuppressWarnings("unused")
@@ -320,6 +387,13 @@ public abstract class ScriptedAndRuntimeFieldsIntegrationTests {
 	public static class Person {
 		@Nullable private String id;
 
+		// need keywords as we are using them in the script
+		@Nullable
+		@Field(type = FieldType.Keyword) private String firstName;
+		@Nullable
+		@Field(type = FieldType.Keyword) private String lastName;
+		@ScriptedField private List<String> allNames = List.of();
+
 		@Field(type = FieldType.Date, format = DateFormat.basic_date)
 		@Nullable private LocalDate birthDate;
 
@@ -335,6 +409,24 @@ public abstract class ScriptedAndRuntimeFieldsIntegrationTests {
 			this.id = id;
 		}
 
+		@Nullable
+		public String getFirstName() {
+			return firstName;
+		}
+
+		public void setFirstName(@Nullable String firstName) {
+			this.firstName = firstName;
+		}
+
+		@Nullable
+		public String getLastName() {
+			return lastName;
+		}
+
+		public void setLastName(@Nullable String lastName) {
+			this.lastName = lastName;
+		}
+
 		@Nullable
 		public LocalDate getBirthDate() {
 			return birthDate;
@@ -352,6 +444,14 @@ public abstract class ScriptedAndRuntimeFieldsIntegrationTests {
 		public void setAge(@Nullable Integer age) {
 			this.age = age;
 		}
+
+		public List<String> getAllNames() {
+			return allNames;
+		}
+
+		public void setAllNames(List<String> allNames) {
+			this.allNames = allNames;
+		}
 	}
 
 	@SuppressWarnings("unused")

src/test/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/repository/query/ElasticsearchStringQueryUnitTestBase.java

@@ -1,78 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright 2021-2025 the original author or authors.
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-package org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.repository.query;
-
-import java.util.ArrayList;
-import java.util.Collection;
-
-import org.springframework.core.convert.converter.Converter;
-import org.springframework.data.convert.CustomConversions;
-import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.convert.ElasticsearchConverter;
-import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.convert.ElasticsearchCustomConversions;
-import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.convert.MappingElasticsearchConverter;
-import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.mapping.SimpleElasticsearchMappingContext;
-import org.springframework.lang.Nullable;
-
-/**
- * @author Peter-Josef Meisch
- */
-public class ElasticsearchStringQueryUnitTestBase {
-
-	protected ElasticsearchConverter setupConverter() {
-		MappingElasticsearchConverter converter = new MappingElasticsearchConverter(
-				new SimpleElasticsearchMappingContext());
-		Collection<Converter<?, ?>> converters = new ArrayList<>();
-		converters.add(ElasticsearchStringQueryUnitTests.CarConverter.INSTANCE);
-		CustomConversions customConversions = new ElasticsearchCustomConversions(converters);
-		converter.setConversions(customConversions);
-		converter.afterPropertiesSet();
-		return converter;
-	}
-
-	static class Car {
-		@Nullable private String name;
-		@Nullable private String model;
-
-		@Nullable
-		public String getName() {
-			return name;
-		}
-
-		public void setName(@Nullable String name) {
-			this.name = name;
-		}
-
-		@Nullable
-		public String getModel() {
-			return model;
-		}
-
-		public void setModel(@Nullable String model) {
-			this.model = model;
-		}
-	}
-
-	enum CarConverter implements Converter<Car, String> {
-		INSTANCE;
-
-		@Override
-		public String convert(ElasticsearchStringQueryUnitTests.Car car) {
-			return (car.getName() != null ? car.getName() : "null") + '-'
-					+ (car.getModel() != null ? car.getModel() : "null");
-		}
-	}
-
-}

src/test/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/repository/query/ReactiveRepositoryQueryUnitTestsBase.java

@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2025 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.repository.query;
+
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.*;
+
+import java.lang.reflect.Method;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.extension.ExtendWith;
+import org.mockito.Mock;
+import org.mockito.junit.jupiter.MockitoExtension;
+import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.ReactiveElasticsearchOperations;
+import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.convert.ElasticsearchConverter;
+import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.convert.MappingElasticsearchConverter;
+import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.mapping.SimpleElasticsearchMappingContext;
+import org.springframework.data.projection.SpelAwareProxyProjectionFactory;
+import org.springframework.data.repository.core.support.DefaultRepositoryMetadata;
+
+@ExtendWith(MockitoExtension.class)
+public class ReactiveRepositoryQueryUnitTestsBase {
+
+	@Mock ReactiveElasticsearchOperations operations;
+
+	/**
+	 * set up the {operations} mock to return the {@link ElasticsearchConverter} from setupConverter().
+	 */
+	@BeforeEach
+	public void setUp() {
+		when(operations.getElasticsearchConverter()).thenReturn(setupConverter());
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @return a simple {@link MappingElasticsearchConverter} with no special setup.
+	 */
+	protected MappingElasticsearchConverter setupConverter() {
+		return new MappingElasticsearchConverter(
+				new SimpleElasticsearchMappingContext());
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Creates a {@link ReactiveElasticsearchQueryMethod} for the given method
+	 *
+	 * @param repositoryClass
+	 * @param name
+	 * @param parameters
+	 * @return
+	 * @throws NoSuchMethodException
+	 */
+
+	protected ReactiveElasticsearchQueryMethod getQueryMethod(Class<?> repositoryClass, String name,
+			Class<?>... parameters)
+			throws NoSuchMethodException {
+
+		Method method = repositoryClass.getMethod(name, parameters);
+		return new ReactiveElasticsearchQueryMethod(method,
+				new DefaultRepositoryMetadata(repositoryClass),
+				new SpelAwareProxyProjectionFactory(), operations.getElasticsearchConverter().getMappingContext());
+	}
+}

src/test/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/repository/query/ReactiveRepositorySearchTemplateQueryUnitTests.java

@@ -0,0 +1,113 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2025 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.repository.query;
+
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.*;
+
+import java.util.Arrays;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.DisplayName;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.springframework.data.annotation.Id;
+import org.springframework.data.domain.Sort;
+import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.annotations.Document;
+import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.annotations.SearchTemplateQuery;
+import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.SearchHits;
+import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.query.Query;
+import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.repository.ElasticsearchRepository;
+import org.springframework.data.repository.query.ValueExpressionDelegate;
+import org.springframework.lang.Nullable;
+
+public class ReactiveRepositorySearchTemplateQueryUnitTests extends ReactiveRepositoryQueryUnitTestsBase {
+
+	@Test // #2997
+	@DisplayName("should set searchtemplate id")
+	void shouldSetSearchTemplateId() throws NoSuchMethodException {
+
+		var query = createQuery("searchWithArgs", "answer", 42);
+
+		assertThat(query).isInstanceOf(org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.query.SearchTemplateQuery.class);
+		var searchTemplateQuery = (org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.query.SearchTemplateQuery) query;
+
+		assertThat(searchTemplateQuery.getId()).isEqualTo("searchtemplate-42");
+	}
+
+	@Test // #2997
+	@DisplayName("should set searchtemplate parameters")
+	void shouldSetSearchTemplateParameters() throws NoSuchMethodException {
+
+		var query = createQuery("searchWithArgs", "answer", 42);
+
+		assertThat(query).isInstanceOf(org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.query.SearchTemplateQuery.class);
+		var searchTemplateQuery = (org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.query.SearchTemplateQuery) query;
+
+		var params = searchTemplateQuery.getParams();
+		assertThat(params).isNotNull().hasSize(2);
+		assertThat(params.get("stringArg")).isEqualTo("answer");
+		assertThat(params.get("intArg")).isEqualTo(42);
+	}
+
+	// region helper methods
+	private Query createQuery(String methodName, Object... args) throws NoSuchMethodException {
+		Class<?>[] argTypes = Arrays.stream(args).map(Object::getClass).toArray(Class[]::new);
+		ReactiveElasticsearchQueryMethod queryMethod = getQueryMethod(SampleRepository.class, methodName, argTypes);
+
+		ReactiveRepositorySearchTemplateQuery repositorySearchTemplateQuery = queryForMethod(queryMethod);
+
+		return repositorySearchTemplateQuery.createQuery(new ElasticsearchParametersParameterAccessor(queryMethod, args));
+	}
+
+	private ReactiveRepositorySearchTemplateQuery queryForMethod(ReactiveElasticsearchQueryMethod queryMethod) {
+		return new ReactiveRepositorySearchTemplateQuery(queryMethod, operations, ValueExpressionDelegate.create(),
+				queryMethod.getAnnotatedSearchTemplateQuery().id());
+	}
+	// endregion
+
+	// region test data
+	private interface SampleRepository extends ElasticsearchRepository<SampleEntity, String> {
+		@SearchTemplateQuery(id = "searchtemplate-42")
+		SearchHits<SampleEntity> searchWithArgs(String stringArg, Integer intArg);
+
+		@SearchTemplateQuery(id = "searchtemplate-42")
+		SearchHits<SampleEntity> searchWithArgsAndSort(String stringArg, Integer intArg, Sort sort);
+	}
+
+	@Document(indexName = "not-relevant")
+	static class SampleEntity {
+		@Nullable
+		@Id String id;
+		@Nullable String data;
+
+		@Nullable
+		public String getId() {
+			return id;
+		}
+
+		public void setId(@Nullable String id) {
+			this.id = id;
+		}
+
+		@Nullable
+		public String getData() {
+			return data;
+		}
+
+		public void setData(@Nullable String data) {
+			this.data = data;
+		}
+	}
+	// endregion
+}

src/test/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/repository/query/ReactiveRepositoryStringQueryUnitTests.java

@@ -16,12 +16,11 @@
 package org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.repository.query;
 
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.*;
-import static org.mockito.Mockito.*;
 
+import org.springframework.data.repository.query.ValueExpressionDelegate;
 import reactor.core.publisher.Flux;
 import reactor.core.publisher.Mono;
 
-import java.lang.reflect.Method;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Collection;
@@ -29,28 +28,27 @@ import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 
-import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.DisplayName;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.extension.ExtendWith;
-import org.mockito.Mock;
 import org.mockito.junit.jupiter.MockitoExtension;
 import org.skyscreamer.jsonassert.JSONAssert;
 import org.skyscreamer.jsonassert.JSONCompareMode;
+import org.springframework.core.convert.converter.Converter;
 import org.springframework.data.annotation.Id;
+import org.springframework.data.convert.CustomConversions;
 import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.annotations.Document;
 import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.annotations.Field;
 import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.annotations.FieldType;
 import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.annotations.InnerField;
 import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.annotations.MultiField;
 import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.annotations.Query;
-import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.ReactiveElasticsearchOperations;
 import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.SearchHit;
+import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.convert.ElasticsearchCustomConversions;
+import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.convert.MappingElasticsearchConverter;
 import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.query.StringQuery;
 import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.repositories.custommethod.QueryParameter;
-import org.springframework.data.projection.SpelAwareProxyProjectionFactory;
 import org.springframework.data.repository.Repository;
-import org.springframework.data.repository.core.support.DefaultRepositoryMetadata;
 import org.springframework.data.repository.query.QueryMethodEvaluationContextProvider;
 import org.springframework.lang.Nullable;
 
@@ -60,13 +58,54 @@ import org.springframework.lang.Nullable;
  * @author Haibo Liu
  */
 @ExtendWith(MockitoExtension.class)
-public class ReactiveElasticsearchStringQueryUnitTests extends ElasticsearchStringQueryUnitTestBase {
+public class ReactiveRepositoryStringQueryUnitTests extends ReactiveRepositoryQueryUnitTestsBase {
 
-	@Mock ReactiveElasticsearchOperations operations;
+	/**
+	 * Adds some data class and custom conversion to the base class implementation.
+	 */
+	protected MappingElasticsearchConverter setupConverter() {
 
-	@BeforeEach
-	public void setUp() {
-		when(operations.getElasticsearchConverter()).thenReturn(setupConverter());
+		Collection<Converter<?, ?>> converters = new ArrayList<>();
+		converters.add(CarConverter.INSTANCE);
+		CustomConversions customConversions = new ElasticsearchCustomConversions(converters);
+
+		MappingElasticsearchConverter converter = super.setupConverter();
+		converter.setConversions(customConversions);
+		converter.afterPropertiesSet();
+		return converter;
+	}
+
+	static class Car {
+		@Nullable private String name;
+		@Nullable private String model;
+
+		@Nullable
+		public String getName() {
+			return name;
+		}
+
+		public void setName(@Nullable String name) {
+			this.name = name;
+		}
+
+		@Nullable
+		public String getModel() {
+			return model;
+		}
+
+		public void setModel(@Nullable String model) {
+			this.model = model;
+		}
+	}
+
+	enum CarConverter implements Converter<Car, String> {
+		INSTANCE;
+
+		@Override
+		public String convert(Car car) {
+			return (car.getName() != null ? car.getName() : "null") + '-'
+					+ (car.getModel() != null ? car.getModel() : "null");
+		}
 	}
 
 	@Test // DATAES-519
@@ -367,31 +406,23 @@ public class ReactiveElasticsearchStringQueryUnitTests extends ElasticsearchStri
 
 		Class<?>[] argTypes = Arrays.stream(args).map(Object::getClass)
 				.map(clazz -> Collection.class.isAssignableFrom(clazz) ? List.class : clazz).toArray(Class[]::new);
-		ReactiveElasticsearchQueryMethod queryMethod = getQueryMethod(methodName, argTypes);
-		ReactiveElasticsearchStringQuery elasticsearchStringQuery = queryForMethod(queryMethod);
+		ReactiveElasticsearchQueryMethod queryMethod = getQueryMethod(SampleRepository.class, methodName, argTypes);
+		ReactiveRepositoryStringQuery elasticsearchStringQuery = queryForMethod(queryMethod);
 
 		return elasticsearchStringQuery.createQuery(new ElasticsearchParametersParameterAccessor(queryMethod, args));
 	}
 
-	private ReactiveElasticsearchStringQuery queryForMethod(ReactiveElasticsearchQueryMethod queryMethod) {
-		return new ReactiveElasticsearchStringQuery(queryMethod, operations,
-				QueryMethodEvaluationContextProvider.DEFAULT);
-	}
+	private ReactiveRepositoryStringQuery createQueryForMethod(String name, Class<?>... parameters) throws Exception {
 
-	private ReactiveElasticsearchQueryMethod getQueryMethod(String name, Class<?>... parameters)
-			throws NoSuchMethodException {
-
-		Method method = SampleRepository.class.getMethod(name, parameters);
-		return new ReactiveElasticsearchQueryMethod(method, new DefaultRepositoryMetadata(SampleRepository.class),
-				new SpelAwareProxyProjectionFactory(), operations.getElasticsearchConverter().getMappingContext());
-	}
-
-	private ReactiveElasticsearchStringQuery createQueryForMethod(String name, Class<?>... parameters) throws Exception {
-
-		ReactiveElasticsearchQueryMethod queryMethod = getQueryMethod(name, parameters);
+		ReactiveElasticsearchQueryMethod queryMethod = getQueryMethod(SampleRepository.class, name, parameters);
 		return queryForMethod(queryMethod);
 	}
 
+	private ReactiveRepositoryStringQuery queryForMethod(ReactiveElasticsearchQueryMethod queryMethod) {
+		return new ReactiveRepositoryStringQuery(queryMethod, operations,
+				ValueExpressionDelegate.create());
+	}
+
 	private interface SampleRepository extends Repository<Person, String> {
 
 		@Query("{ 'bool' : { 'must' : { 'term' : { 'name' : '?0' } } } }")

src/test/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/repository/query/RepositoryQueryUnitTestsBase.java

@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2025 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.repository.query;
+
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.*;
+
+import java.lang.reflect.Method;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.extension.ExtendWith;
+import org.mockito.Mock;
+import org.mockito.junit.jupiter.MockitoExtension;
+import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.ElasticsearchOperations;
+import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.convert.ElasticsearchConverter;
+import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.convert.MappingElasticsearchConverter;
+import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.mapping.SimpleElasticsearchMappingContext;
+import org.springframework.data.projection.SpelAwareProxyProjectionFactory;
+import org.springframework.data.repository.core.support.DefaultRepositoryMetadata;
+
+@ExtendWith(MockitoExtension.class)
+public class RepositoryQueryUnitTestsBase {
+
+	@Mock ElasticsearchOperations operations;
+
+	/**
+	 * set up the {operations} mock to return the {@link ElasticsearchConverter} from setupConverter().
+	 */
+	@BeforeEach
+	public void setUp() {
+		when(operations.getElasticsearchConverter()).thenReturn(setupConverter());
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @return a simple {@link MappingElasticsearchConverter} with no special setup.
+	 */
+	protected MappingElasticsearchConverter setupConverter() {
+		return new MappingElasticsearchConverter(
+				new SimpleElasticsearchMappingContext());
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Creates a {@link ElasticsearchQueryMethod} for the given method
+	 *
+	 * @param repositoryClass
+	 * @param name
+	 * @param parameters
+	 * @return
+	 * @throws NoSuchMethodException
+	 */
+	protected ElasticsearchQueryMethod getQueryMethod(Class<?> repositoryClass, String name, Class<?>... parameters)
+			throws NoSuchMethodException {
+
+		Method method = repositoryClass.getMethod(name, parameters);
+		return new ElasticsearchQueryMethod(method, new DefaultRepositoryMetadata(repositoryClass),
+				new SpelAwareProxyProjectionFactory(), operations.getElasticsearchConverter().getMappingContext());
+	}
+
+}

src/test/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/repository/query/RepositorySearchTemplateQueryUnitTests.java

@@ -0,0 +1,113 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2025 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.repository.query;
+
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.*;
+
+import java.util.Arrays;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.DisplayName;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.springframework.data.annotation.Id;
+import org.springframework.data.domain.Sort;
+import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.annotations.Document;
+import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.annotations.SearchTemplateQuery;
+import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.SearchHits;
+import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.query.Query;
+import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.repository.ElasticsearchRepository;
+import org.springframework.data.repository.query.ValueExpressionDelegate;
+import org.springframework.lang.Nullable;
+
+public class RepositorySearchTemplateQueryUnitTests extends RepositoryQueryUnitTestsBase {
+
+	@Test // #2997
+	@DisplayName("should set searchtemplate id")
+	void shouldSetSearchTemplateId() throws NoSuchMethodException {
+
+		var query = createQuery("searchWithArgs", "answer", 42);
+
+		assertThat(query).isInstanceOf(org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.query.SearchTemplateQuery.class);
+		var searchTemplateQuery = (org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.query.SearchTemplateQuery) query;
+
+		assertThat(searchTemplateQuery.getId()).isEqualTo("searchtemplate-42");
+	}
+
+	@Test // #2997
+	@DisplayName("should set searchtemplate parameters")
+	void shouldSetSearchTemplateParameters() throws NoSuchMethodException {
+
+		var query = createQuery("searchWithArgs", "answer", 42);
+
+		assertThat(query).isInstanceOf(org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.query.SearchTemplateQuery.class);
+		var searchTemplateQuery = (org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.query.SearchTemplateQuery) query;
+
+		var params = searchTemplateQuery.getParams();
+		assertThat(params).isNotNull().hasSize(2);
+		assertThat(params.get("stringArg")).isEqualTo("answer");
+		assertThat(params.get("intArg")).isEqualTo(42);
+	}
+
+	// region helper methods
+	private Query createQuery(String methodName, Object... args) throws NoSuchMethodException {
+		Class<?>[] argTypes = Arrays.stream(args).map(Object::getClass).toArray(Class[]::new);
+		ElasticsearchQueryMethod queryMethod = getQueryMethod(SampleRepository.class, methodName, argTypes);
+
+		RepositorySearchTemplateQuery repositorySearchTemplateQuery = queryForMethod(queryMethod);
+
+		return repositorySearchTemplateQuery.createQuery(new ElasticsearchParametersParameterAccessor(queryMethod, args));
+	}
+
+	private RepositorySearchTemplateQuery queryForMethod(ElasticsearchQueryMethod queryMethod) {
+		return new RepositorySearchTemplateQuery(queryMethod, operations, ValueExpressionDelegate.create(),
+				queryMethod.getAnnotatedSearchTemplateQuery().id());
+	}
+	// endregion
+
+	// region test data
+	private interface SampleRepository extends ElasticsearchRepository<SampleEntity, String> {
+		@SearchTemplateQuery(id = "searchtemplate-42")
+		SearchHits<SampleEntity> searchWithArgs(String stringArg, Integer intArg);
+
+		@SearchTemplateQuery(id = "searchtemplate-42")
+		SearchHits<SampleEntity> searchWithArgsAndSort(String stringArg, Integer intArg, Sort sort);
+	}
+
+	@Document(indexName = "not-relevant")
+	static class SampleEntity {
+		@Nullable
+		@Id String id;
+		@Nullable String data;
+
+		@Nullable
+		public String getId() {
+			return id;
+		}
+
+		public void setId(@Nullable String id) {
+			this.id = id;
+		}
+
+		@Nullable
+		public String getData() {
+			return data;
+		}
+
+		public void setData(@Nullable String data) {
+			this.data = data;
+		}
+	}
+	// endregion
+}

src/test/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/repository/query/RepositoryStringQueryUnitTests.java

@@ -16,9 +16,7 @@
 package org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.repository.query;
 
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.*;
-import static org.mockito.Mockito.*;
 
-import java.lang.reflect.Method;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Collection;
@@ -26,29 +24,26 @@ import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 
-import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.DisplayName;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
-import org.junit.jupiter.api.extension.ExtendWith;
-import org.mockito.Mock;
-import org.mockito.junit.jupiter.MockitoExtension;
 import org.skyscreamer.jsonassert.JSONAssert;
 import org.skyscreamer.jsonassert.JSONCompareMode;
+import org.springframework.core.convert.converter.Converter;
 import org.springframework.data.annotation.Id;
+import org.springframework.data.convert.CustomConversions;
 import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.annotations.Document;
 import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.annotations.Field;
 import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.annotations.FieldType;
 import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.annotations.InnerField;
 import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.annotations.MultiField;
 import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.annotations.Query;
-import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.ElasticsearchOperations;
 import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.SearchHits;
+import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.convert.ElasticsearchCustomConversions;
+import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.convert.MappingElasticsearchConverter;
 import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.query.StringQuery;
 import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.repositories.custommethod.QueryParameter;
-import org.springframework.data.projection.SpelAwareProxyProjectionFactory;
 import org.springframework.data.repository.Repository;
-import org.springframework.data.repository.core.support.DefaultRepositoryMetadata;
-import org.springframework.data.repository.query.QueryMethodEvaluationContextProvider;
+import org.springframework.data.repository.query.ValueExpressionDelegate;
 import org.springframework.lang.Nullable;
 
 /**
@@ -57,14 +52,53 @@ import org.springframework.lang.Nullable;
  * @author Niklas Herder
  * @author Haibo Liu
  */
-@ExtendWith(MockitoExtension.class)
-public class ElasticsearchStringQueryUnitTests extends ElasticsearchStringQueryUnitTestBase {
+public class RepositoryStringQueryUnitTests extends RepositoryStringQueryUnitTestsBase {
+	/**
+	 * Adds some data class and custom conversion to the base class implementation.
+	 */
+	protected MappingElasticsearchConverter setupConverter() {
 
-	@Mock ElasticsearchOperations operations;
+		Collection<Converter<?, ?>> converters = new ArrayList<>();
+		converters.add(RepositoryStringQueryUnitTests.CarConverter.INSTANCE);
+		CustomConversions customConversions = new ElasticsearchCustomConversions(converters);
 
-	@BeforeEach
-	public void setUp() {
-		when(operations.getElasticsearchConverter()).thenReturn(setupConverter());
+		MappingElasticsearchConverter converter = super.setupConverter();
+		converter.setConversions(customConversions);
+		converter.afterPropertiesSet();
+		return converter;
+	}
+
+	static class Car {
+		@Nullable private String name;
+		@Nullable private String model;
+
+		@Nullable
+		public String getName() {
+			return name;
+		}
+
+		public void setName(@Nullable String name) {
+			this.name = name;
+		}
+
+		@Nullable
+		public String getModel() {
+			return model;
+		}
+
+		public void setModel(@Nullable String model) {
+			this.model = model;
+		}
+	}
+
+	enum CarConverter implements Converter<Car, String> {
+		INSTANCE;
+
+		@Override
+		public String convert(Car car) {
+			return (car.getName() != null ? car.getName() : "null") + '-'
+					+ (car.getModel() != null ? car.getModel() : "null");
+		}
 	}
 
 	@Test // DATAES-552
@@ -350,8 +384,9 @@ public class ElasticsearchStringQueryUnitTests extends ElasticsearchStringQueryU
 			throws NoSuchMethodException {
 
 		Class<?>[] argTypes = Arrays.stream(args).map(Object::getClass).toArray(Class[]::new);
-		ElasticsearchQueryMethod queryMethod = getQueryMethod(methodName, argTypes);
-		ElasticsearchStringQuery elasticsearchStringQuery = queryForMethod(queryMethod);
+		ElasticsearchQueryMethod queryMethod = getQueryMethod(RepositoryStringQueryUnitTests.SampleRepository.class,
+				methodName, argTypes);
+		RepositoryStringQuery elasticsearchStringQuery = queryForMethod(queryMethod);
 		return elasticsearchStringQuery.createQuery(new ElasticsearchParametersParameterAccessor(queryMethod, args));
 	}
 
@@ -370,16 +405,9 @@ public class ElasticsearchStringQueryUnitTests extends ElasticsearchStringQueryU
 				.isEqualTo("{ 'bool' : { 'must' : { 'term' : { 'car' : 'Toyota-Prius' } } } }");
 	}
 
-	private ElasticsearchStringQuery queryForMethod(ElasticsearchQueryMethod queryMethod) {
-		return new ElasticsearchStringQuery(queryMethod, operations, queryMethod.getAnnotatedQuery(),
-				QueryMethodEvaluationContextProvider.DEFAULT);
-	}
-
-	private ElasticsearchQueryMethod getQueryMethod(String name, Class<?>... parameters) throws NoSuchMethodException {
-
-		Method method = SampleRepository.class.getMethod(name, parameters);
-		return new ElasticsearchQueryMethod(method, new DefaultRepositoryMetadata(SampleRepository.class),
-				new SpelAwareProxyProjectionFactory(), operations.getElasticsearchConverter().getMappingContext());
+	private RepositoryStringQuery queryForMethod(ElasticsearchQueryMethod queryMethod) {
+		return new RepositoryStringQuery(queryMethod, operations, queryMethod.getAnnotatedQuery(),
+				ValueExpressionDelegate.create());
 	}
 
 	private interface SampleRepository extends Repository<Person, String> {

src/test/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/repository/query/RepositoryStringQueryUnitTestsBase.java

@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2021-2025 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.repository.query;
+
+/**
+ * @author Peter-Josef Meisch
+ */
+public class RepositoryStringQueryUnitTestsBase extends RepositoryQueryUnitTestsBase {
+
+}

src/test/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/repository/support/ReactiveRepositoryQueryELCIntegrationTests.java

@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2025 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.repository.support;
+
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Import;
+import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.junit.jupiter.ReactiveElasticsearchTemplateConfiguration;
+import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.repository.config.EnableReactiveElasticsearchRepositories;
+import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.utils.IndexNameProvider;
+import org.springframework.test.context.ContextConfiguration;
+
+/**
+ * @since 5.5
+ */
+@ContextConfiguration(classes = ReactiveRepositoryQueryELCIntegrationTests.Config.class)
+public class ReactiveRepositoryQueryELCIntegrationTests
+		extends ReactiveRepositoryQueryIntegrationTests {
+
+	@Configuration
+	@Import({ ReactiveElasticsearchTemplateConfiguration.class })
+	@EnableReactiveElasticsearchRepositories(considerNestedRepositories = true)
+	static class Config {
+		@Bean
+		IndexNameProvider indexNameProvider() {
+			return new IndexNameProvider("reactive-repository-query");
+		}
+	}
+}

src/test/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/repository/support/ReactiveRepositoryQueryIntegrationTests.java

@@ -0,0 +1,159 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2025 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.repository.support;
+
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.*;
+import static org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.IndexOperationsAdapter.*;
+
+import reactor.core.publisher.Flux;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.DisplayName;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.data.annotation.Id;
+import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.annotations.Document;
+import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.annotations.Field;
+import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.annotations.FieldType;
+import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.annotations.SearchTemplateQuery;
+import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.ReactiveElasticsearchOperations;
+import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.SearchHit;
+import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.mapping.IndexCoordinates;
+import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.script.Script;
+import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.junit.jupiter.SpringIntegrationTest;
+import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.repository.ReactiveElasticsearchRepository;
+import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.utils.IndexNameProvider;
+import org.springframework.lang.Nullable;
+
+/**
+ * @since 5.5
+ */
+@SpringIntegrationTest
+abstract class ReactiveRepositoryQueryIntegrationTests {
+	@Autowired private SampleElasticsearchRepository repository;
+	@Autowired private ReactiveElasticsearchOperations operations;
+	@Autowired private IndexNameProvider indexNameProvider;
+
+	@BeforeEach
+	void before() {
+		indexNameProvider.increment();
+		blocking(operations.indexOps(LOTRCharacter.class)).createWithMapping();
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	@org.junit.jupiter.api.Order(Integer.MAX_VALUE)
+	public void cleanup() {
+		blocking(operations.indexOps(IndexCoordinates.of(indexNameProvider.getPrefix() + "*"))).delete();
+	}
+
+	@Test // #2997
+	@DisplayName("should use searchtemplate query")
+	void shouldUseSearchtemplateQuery() {
+		// store some data
+		repository.saveAll(List.of(
+				new LOTRCharacter("1", "Frodo is a hobbit"),
+				new LOTRCharacter("2", "Legolas is an elf"),
+				new LOTRCharacter("3", "Gandalf  is a wizard"),
+				new LOTRCharacter("4", "Bilbo is a hobbit"),
+				new LOTRCharacter("5", "Gimli is a dwarf")))
+				.blockLast();
+
+		// store a searchtemplate
+		String searchInCharacter = """
+				{
+					"query": {
+						"bool": {
+							"must": [
+								{
+									"match": {
+										"lotrCharacter": "{{word}}"
+									}
+								}
+							]
+						}
+					},
+					"from": 0,
+					"size": 100,
+					"sort": {
+						"id": {
+							"order": "desc"
+						}
+					}
+				  }
+				""";
+
+		Script scriptSearchInCharacter = Script.builder() //
+				.withId("searchInCharacter") //
+				.withLanguage("mustache") //
+				.withSource(searchInCharacter) //
+				.build();
+
+		var success = operations.putScript(scriptSearchInCharacter).block();
+		assertThat(success).isTrue();
+
+		// search with repository for hobbits order by id descending
+		var searchHits = repository.searchInCharacter("hobbit")
+				.collectList().block();
+
+		// check result (bilbo, frodo)
+		assertThat(searchHits).isNotNull();
+		assertThat(searchHits.size()).isEqualTo(2);
+		assertThat(searchHits.get(0).getId()).isEqualTo("4");
+		assertThat(searchHits.get(1).getId()).isEqualTo("1");
+	}
+
+	@Document(indexName = "#{@indexNameProvider.indexName()}")
+	static class LOTRCharacter {
+		@Nullable
+		@Id
+		@Field(fielddata = true) // needed for the sort to work
+		private String id;
+
+		@Field(type = FieldType.Text)
+		@Nullable private String lotrCharacter;
+
+		public LOTRCharacter(@Nullable String id, @Nullable String lotrCharacter) {
+			this.id = id;
+			this.lotrCharacter = lotrCharacter;
+		}
+
+		@Nullable
+		public String getId() {
+			return id;
+		}
+
+		public void setId(@Nullable String id) {
+			this.id = id;
+		}
+
+		@Nullable
+		public String getLotrCharacter() {
+			return lotrCharacter;
+		}
+
+		public void setLotrCharacter(@Nullable String lotrCharacter) {
+			this.lotrCharacter = lotrCharacter;
+		}
+	}
+
+	interface SampleElasticsearchRepository
+			extends ReactiveElasticsearchRepository<LOTRCharacter, String> {
+		@SearchTemplateQuery(id = "searchInCharacter")
+		Flux<SearchHit<LOTRCharacter>> searchInCharacter(String word);
+	}
+}

src/test/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/repository/support/RepositoryQueryELCIntegrationTests.java

@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2025 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.repository.support;
+
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Import;
+import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.junit.jupiter.ElasticsearchTemplateConfiguration;
+import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.repository.config.EnableElasticsearchRepositories;
+import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.utils.IndexNameProvider;
+import org.springframework.test.context.ContextConfiguration;
+
+@ContextConfiguration(classes = {RepositoryQueryELCIntegrationTests.Config.class })public class RepositoryQueryELCIntegrationTests extends RepositoryQueryIntegrationTests {
+    @Configuration
+    @Import({ElasticsearchTemplateConfiguration.class })
+    @EnableElasticsearchRepositories(basePackages = {"org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.repository.support" },
+            considerNestedRepositories = true)
+    static class Config {
+        @Bean
+        IndexNameProvider indexNameProvider() {
+            return new IndexNameProvider("repository-query");
+        }
+
+    }
+}

src/test/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/repository/support/RepositoryQueryIntegrationTests.java

@@ -0,0 +1,151 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2025 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.repository.support;
+
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.*;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.DisplayName;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.data.annotation.Id;
+import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.annotations.Document;
+import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.annotations.Field;
+import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.annotations.FieldType;
+import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.annotations.SearchTemplateQuery;
+import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.ElasticsearchOperations;
+import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.SearchHits;
+import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.mapping.IndexCoordinates;
+import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.script.Script;
+import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.junit.jupiter.SpringIntegrationTest;
+import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.repository.ElasticsearchRepository;
+import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.utils.IndexNameProvider;
+import org.springframework.lang.Nullable;
+
+@SpringIntegrationTest
+abstract class RepositoryQueryIntegrationTests {
+	@Autowired private SampleElasticsearchRepository repository;
+	@Autowired private ElasticsearchOperations operations;
+	@Autowired private IndexNameProvider indexNameProvider;
+
+	@BeforeEach
+	void before() {
+		indexNameProvider.increment();
+		operations.indexOps(LOTRCharacter.class).createWithMapping();
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	@org.junit.jupiter.api.Order(Integer.MAX_VALUE)
+	public void cleanup() {
+		operations.indexOps(IndexCoordinates.of(indexNameProvider.getPrefix() + "*")).delete();
+	}
+
+	@Test // #2997
+	@DisplayName("should use searchtemplate query")
+	void shouldUseSearchtemplateQuery() {
+		// store some data
+		repository.saveAll(List.of(
+				new LOTRCharacter("1", "Frodo is a hobbit"),
+				new LOTRCharacter("2", "Legolas is an elf"),
+				new LOTRCharacter("3", "Gandalf  is a wizard"),
+				new LOTRCharacter("4", "Bilbo is a hobbit"),
+				new LOTRCharacter("5", "Gimli is a dwarf")));
+
+		// store a searchtemplate
+		String searchInCharacter = """
+				{
+					"query": {
+						"bool": {
+							"must": [
+								{
+									"match": {
+										"lotrCharacter": "{{word}}"
+									}
+								}
+							]
+						}
+					},
+					"from": 0,
+					"size": 100,
+					"sort": {
+						"id": {
+							"order": "desc"
+						}
+					}
+				  }
+				""";
+
+		Script scriptSearchInCharacter = Script.builder() //
+				.withId("searchInCharacter") //
+				.withLanguage("mustache") //
+				.withSource(searchInCharacter) //
+				.build();
+
+		var success = operations.putScript(scriptSearchInCharacter);
+		assertThat(success).isTrue();
+
+		// search with repository for hobbits order by id descending
+		var searchHits = repository.searchInCharacter("hobbit");
+
+		// check result (bilbo, frodo)
+		assertThat(searchHits).isNotNull();
+		assertThat(searchHits.getTotalHits()).isEqualTo(2);
+		assertThat(searchHits.getSearchHit(0).getId()).isEqualTo("4");
+		assertThat(searchHits.getSearchHit(1).getId()).isEqualTo("1");
+	}
+
+	@Document(indexName = "#{@indexNameProvider.indexName()}")
+	static class LOTRCharacter {
+		@Nullable
+		@Id
+		@Field(fielddata = true) // needed for the sort to work
+		private String id;
+
+		@Field(type = FieldType.Text)
+		@Nullable private String lotrCharacter;
+
+		public LOTRCharacter(@Nullable String id, @Nullable String lotrCharacter) {
+			this.id = id;
+			this.lotrCharacter = lotrCharacter;
+		}
+
+		@Nullable
+		public String getId() {
+			return id;
+		}
+
+		public void setId(@Nullable String id) {
+			this.id = id;
+		}
+
+		@Nullable
+		public String getLotrCharacter() {
+			return lotrCharacter;
+		}
+
+		public void setLotrCharacter(@Nullable String lotrCharacter) {
+			this.lotrCharacter = lotrCharacter;
+		}
+	}
+
+	interface SampleElasticsearchRepository
+			extends ElasticsearchRepository<LOTRCharacter, String> {
+		@SearchTemplateQuery(id = "searchInCharacter")
+		SearchHits<LOTRCharacter> searchInCharacter(String word);
+	}
+}

src/test/resources/docker-java.properties

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-api.version=1.44

src/test/resources/runtime-fields-person.json

@@ -5,5 +5,12 @@
             "lang": "painless",
             "source": "Instant currentDate = Instant.ofEpochMilli(new Date().getTime()); Instant startDate = doc['birthDate'].value.toInstant(); emit(ChronoUnit.DAYS.between(startDate, currentDate) / 365);"
         }
+    },
+    "allNames": {
+        "type": "keyword",
+        "script": {
+            "lang": "painless",
+            "source": "emit(doc['firstName'].value);emit(doc['lastName'].value);"
+        }
     }
 }

src/test/resources/testcontainers-elasticsearch.properties

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 #
 #
 sde.testcontainers.image-name=docker.elastic.co/elasticsearch/elasticsearch
-sde.testcontainers.image-version=8.15.5
+sde.testcontainers.image-version=8.18.5
 #
 #
 # 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