diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4ec6b97c..5b14ab27 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ You will need the following Ansible collections installed
 You will need these packages / libraries installed. Some very basic packages like `openssl` get handled by the collection if needed. The following list contains packages and libraries which only apply to special cases or need for you to decide on the installation method.
 
 * `passlib` Python library if you do not disable password hashing for logstash user and you want to use logstash role from this collection. It should be installed with pip on the Ansible controller.
+* `elasticsearch` Python module. Current versions are either compatible to Elasticsearch 9 or versions lower than 9. There seems to be no version that can serve both. So for now we install a version of the client lower than 9 but need to take care to install the right one when we make this collection compatible to Elastic Stack 9
 
 You may want the following Ansible roles installed. There other ways to achieve what they are doing but using them is easy and convenient.
 
diff --git a/requirements-test.txt b/requirements-test.txt
index c508b1c5..cd4890e6 100644
--- a/requirements-test.txt
+++ b/requirements-test.txt
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@ molecule
 molecule-plugins[docker]
 pytest
 passlib
-elasticsearch
\ No newline at end of file
+elasticsearch<9
diff --git a/roles/elasticstack/tasks/packages.yml b/roles/elasticstack/tasks/packages.yml
index b0f92981..2aa122e7 100644
--- a/roles/elasticstack/tasks/packages.yml
+++ b/roles/elasticstack/tasks/packages.yml
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
     - name: Install Python Modules via pip
       ansible.builtin.pip:
         name:
-          - elasticsearch
+          - 'elasticsearch<9'
           - cryptography
       ignore_errors: true
       register: elasticstack_pip_installation
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
 - name: Install Python Modules via pip  - forced
   ansible.builtin.pip:
     name:
-      - elasticsearch
+      - 'elasticsearch<9'
       - cryptography
     break_system_packages: true
   ignore_errors: true