diff --git a/.env.sample b/.env.sample
index 3edbe34..ca72eaa 100644
--- a/.env.sample
+++ b/.env.sample
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ ELASTICSEARCH_VERIFY_CERTS=False
 ELASTICSEARCH_TIMEOUT=600
 
 # Version of Elastic products
-STACK_VERSION=8.6.1
+STACK_VERSION=8.17.0
 
 # Set the cluster name
 CLUSTER_NAME=docker-cluster
diff --git a/.env.test b/.env.test
index f89b7f7..567bd5b 100644
--- a/.env.test
+++ b/.env.test
@@ -17,4 +17,4 @@ ELASTICSEARCH_SCHEME=http
 ELASTICSEARCH_TIMEOUT=600
 
 # Version of Elastic products
-STACK_VERSION=8.6.1
+STACK_VERSION=8.17.0
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9fb83d2..a7f027c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -307,9 +307,9 @@ and [`docker-compose`](https://docs.docker.com/compose/install/) installed.
 
 ```shell
 % docker-compose --version
-Docker Compose version v2.15.1
+Docker Compose version v2.31.0
 % poetry --version
-Poetry (version 1.4.0)
+Poetry (version 1.8.4)
 ```
 
 Clone the repo:
@@ -334,6 +334,7 @@ docker-compose --env-file=.env.test up -d
 Run tests (with -s option to allow more verbose output):
 
 ```shell
+cp .env.test .env # copy the test environment variables
 poetry run pytest -s
 ```
 
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 50e7bc8..31d1677 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-version: '3.9'
-
 services:
   postgres:
     image: postgres:15
@@ -22,6 +20,8 @@ services:
       - xpack.security.enabled=false
       - discovery.type=single-node
       - action.auto_create_index=false
+      - ES_JAVA_OPTS=-XX:UseSVE=0
+      - CLI_JAVA_OPTS=-XX:UseSVE=0
     ulimits:
       memlock:
         soft: -1
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index abb4bc5..709e3d2 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ sinker = "sinker.__main__:main"
 
 [tool.poetry.dependencies]
 python = "^3.9"
-elasticsearch = "^8.6.1"
+elasticsearch = "^8.17.0"
 environs = ">=9.5,<12.0"
 psycopg = "^3.1.8"
 pytest-mock = "^3.10.0"