diff --git a/requirements/common_constraints.txt b/requirements/common_constraints.txt
index edb1bcb8..32726d60 100644
--- a/requirements/common_constraints.txt
+++ b/requirements/common_constraints.txt
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ Django<6.0
 # elasticsearch>=7.14.0 includes breaking changes in it which caused issues in discovery upgrade process.
 # elastic search changelog: https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/enterprise-search/master/release-notes-7.14.0.html
 # See https://github.com/openedx/edx-platform/issues/35126 for more info
-elasticsearch<7.14.0
+elasticsearch<9.6.0
 
 # 2026-07-06: Constrain social-auth-* packages to the latest version compatible with
 # edx-drf-extensions<=10.6.0. (Newer versions require a POST instead of a GET.)