diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 2a6aaa0..b5528a6 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ module github.com/elastic/go-docappender/v2
 go 1.24.0
 
 require (
-	github.com/elastic/elastic-transport-go/v8 v8.7.0
+	github.com/elastic/elastic-transport-go/v8 v8.8.0
 	github.com/json-iterator/go v1.1.12
 	github.com/klauspost/compress v1.18.1
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.11.1
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index d34a336..d1a508d 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ github.com/armon/go-radix v1.0.0/go.mod h1:ufUuZ+zHj4x4TnLV4JWEpy2hxWSpsRywHrMgI
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.0/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 h1:vj9j/u1bqnvCEfJOwUhtlOARqs3+rkHYY13jYWTU97c=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
-github.com/elastic/elastic-transport-go/v8 v8.7.0 h1:OgTneVuXP2uip4BA658Xi6Hfw+PeIOod2rY3GVMGoVE=
-github.com/elastic/elastic-transport-go/v8 v8.7.0/go.mod h1:YLHer5cj0csTzNFXoNQ8qhtGY1GTvSqPnKWKaqQE3Hk=
+github.com/elastic/elastic-transport-go/v8 v8.8.0 h1:7k1Ua+qluFr6p1jfJjGDl97ssJS/P7cHNInzfxgBQAo=
+github.com/elastic/elastic-transport-go/v8 v8.8.0/go.mod h1:YLHer5cj0csTzNFXoNQ8qhtGY1GTvSqPnKWKaqQE3Hk=
 github.com/elastic/go-sysinfo v1.7.1 h1:Wx4DSARcKLllpKT2TnFVdSUJOsybqMYCNQZq1/wO+s0=
 github.com/elastic/go-sysinfo v1.7.1/go.mod h1:i1ZYdU10oLNfRzq4vq62BEwD2fH8KaWh6eh0ikPT9F0=
 github.com/elastic/go-windows v1.0.0/go.mod h1:TsU0Nrp7/y3+VwE82FoZF8gC/XFg/Elz6CcloAxnPgU=