diff --git a/.forgejo/workflows/testing.yml b/.forgejo/workflows/testing.yml
index 4b42ae455d..2157175005 100644
--- a/.forgejo/workflows/testing.yml
+++ b/.forgejo/workflows/testing.yml
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ jobs:
       image: 'docker.io/node:20-bookworm'
     services:
       elasticsearch:
-        image: elasticsearch:7.17.21
+        image: elasticsearch:7.17.22
         env:
           discovery.type: single-node
       minio:
diff --git a/renovate.json b/renovate.json
index c668670724..44efb69b97 100644
--- a/renovate.json
+++ b/renovate.json
@@ -53,6 +53,13 @@
       ],
       "extends": ["schedule:quarterly"]
     },
+    {
+      "description": "elasticsearch CI images are published about once a month and do not use semantic versioning or short tags",
+      "matchDepNames": [
+        "elasticsearch",
+      ],
+      "extends": ["schedule:quarterly"]
+    },
     {
       "description": "Group golang packages",
       "matchDepNames": [