diff --git a/apisix/plugins/elasticsearch-logger.lua b/apisix/plugins/elasticsearch-logger.lua
index 3566da2c636d..af65f2cc19ce 100644
--- a/apisix/plugins/elasticsearch-logger.lua
+++ b/apisix/plugins/elasticsearch-logger.lua
@@ -20,8 +20,10 @@ local log_util        = require("apisix.utils.log-util")
 local bp_manager_mod  = require("apisix.utils.batch-processor-manager")
 local plugin          = require("apisix.plugin")
 local ngx             = ngx
+local ngx_re          = ngx.re
 local str_format      = core.string.format
 local math_random     = math.random
+local os_date         = os.date
 local pairs           = pairs
 
 local plugin_name = "elasticsearch-logger"
@@ -200,11 +202,37 @@ local function get_es_major_version(uri, conf)
 end
 
 
-local function get_logger_entry(conf, ctx)
+local function replace_time(m)
+    local time_format = m[1]
+    local time = os_date(time_format)
+    if not time then
+        core.log.error("failed to parse time format: ", time_format)
+        return ""
+    end
+    return time
+end
+
+
+local function resolve_index_vars(index, var)
+    local new_index, _, err = ngx_re.gsub(index, "(?<!\\$){([^}]*)}", replace_time, "jo")
+    if not new_index then
+        core.log.error("failed to substitute time format: ", err)
+    end
+
+    new_index, err = core.utils.resolve_var(new_index or index, var)
+    if not new_index then
+        core.log.error("failed to resolve APISIX variable from index: ", err)
+    end
+
+    return new_index or index
+end
+
+
+local function get_logger_entry(conf, ctx, index)
     local entry = log_util.get_log_entry(plugin_name, conf, ctx)
     local body = {
         index = {
-            _index = conf.field.index
+            _index = index
         }
     }
     -- for older version type is required
@@ -303,10 +331,11 @@ end
 
 
 function _M.log(conf, ctx)
+    local index = resolve_index_vars(conf.field.index, ctx.var)
     local metadata = plugin.plugin_metadata(plugin_name)
     local max_pending_entries = metadata and metadata.value and
                                 metadata.value.max_pending_entries or nil
-    local entry = get_logger_entry(conf, ctx)
+    local entry = get_logger_entry(conf, ctx, index)
 
     if batch_processor_manager:add_entry(conf, entry, max_pending_entries) then
         return
@@ -320,5 +349,6 @@ function _M.log(conf, ctx)
                                                        process, max_pending_entries)
 end
 
+_M._resolve_index_vars = resolve_index_vars
 
 return _M
diff --git a/docs/en/latest/plugins/elasticsearch-logger.md b/docs/en/latest/plugins/elasticsearch-logger.md
index b7281ab5c97f..97a8727ba133 100644
--- a/docs/en/latest/plugins/elasticsearch-logger.md
+++ b/docs/en/latest/plugins/elasticsearch-logger.md
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ The `elasticsearch-logger` Plugin pushes request and response logs in batches to
 | ------------- | ------- | -------- | --------------------------- | ------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------ |
 | endpoint_addrs  | array[string] | True     |                             |              | Elasticsearch API endpoint addresses. If multiple endpoints are configured, they will be written randomly.            |
 | field         | object   | True     |                             |              | Elasticsearch field configuration.                          |
-| field.index   | string  | True     |                             |              | Elasticsearch [_index field](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/mapping-index-field.html#mapping-index-field). Supports the configuration of a [lua time format](https://www.lua.org/pil/22.1.html) in curly brackets to include the current date, such as `service-{%Y-%m-%d}`. |
+| field.index   | string  | True     |                             |              | Elasticsearch [_index field](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/mapping-index-field.html#mapping-index-field). Supports [Lua time format](https://www.lua.org/pil/22.1.html) in curly brackets for date-based indices (e.g., `service-{%Y-%m-%d}`) and [APISIX variables](../apisix-variable.md) prefixed with `$` (e.g., `service-$host-{%Y.%m.%d}`). |
 | log_format | object | False    |                             |              | Custom log format as key-value pairs in JSON. Values support strings and nested objects (up to five levels deep; deeper fields are truncated). Within strings, [APISIX](../apisix-variable.md) or [NGINX variables](http://nginx.org/en/docs/varindex.html) can be referenced by prefixing with `$`. |
 | auth          | object   | False    |                             |              | Elasticsearch [authentication](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/setting-up-authentication.html) configuration. |
 | auth.username | string  | False    |                             |              | Elasticsearch [authentication](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/setting-up-authentication.html) username. Required if `auth` is configured. Must be provided together with `auth.password`. |
diff --git a/docs/zh/latest/plugins/elasticsearch-logger.md b/docs/zh/latest/plugins/elasticsearch-logger.md
index 5ff61d8f16f6..015821054a22 100644
--- a/docs/zh/latest/plugins/elasticsearch-logger.md
+++ b/docs/zh/latest/plugins/elasticsearch-logger.md
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ description: elasticsearch-logger Plugin 将请求和响应日志批量推送到
 | ------------- | ------- | -------- | -------------------- | ------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------ |
 | endpoint_addrs | array[string] | 是 | |              | Elasticsearch API 端点地址。如果配置了多个端点，则会随机写入。 |
 | field | object | 是 | |              | Elasticsearch 字段配置。 |
-| field.index | string | 是 | |              | Elasticsearch [_index 字段](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/mapping-index-field.html#mapping-index-field)。支持在花括号中使用 [lua 时间格式](https://www.lua.org/pil/22.1.html) 来包含当前日期，例如 `service-{%Y-%m-%d}`。 |
+| field.index | string | 是 | |              | Elasticsearch [_index 字段](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/mapping-index-field.html#mapping-index-field)。支持在花括号中使用 [Lua 时间格式](https://www.lua.org/pil/22.1.html) 来包含当前日期（例如 `service-{%Y-%m-%d}`），以及使用 `$` 前缀引用 [APISIX 变量](../apisix-variable.md)（例如 `service-$host-{%Y.%m.%d}`）。 |
 | log_format | object | 否 | |              | 自定义日志格式以 JSON 的键值对声明。值支持字符串和嵌套对象（最多五层，超出部分将被截断）。字符串中可通过 `$` 前缀引用 [APISIX](../apisix-variable.md) 或 [NGINX 变量](http://nginx.org/en/docs/varindex.html)。 |
 | auth | object | 否 | |              | Elasticsearch [身份验证](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/setting-up-authentication.html) 配置。 |
 | auth.username | string | 否 | |              | Elasticsearch [身份验证](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/setting-up-authentication.html) 用户名​​。当配置 `auth` 时必填，需与 `auth.password` 成对配置。 |
diff --git a/t/plugin/elasticsearch-logger2.t b/t/plugin/elasticsearch-logger2.t
index 93e51898f8ef..e5b0fc8cb156 100644
--- a/t/plugin/elasticsearch-logger2.t
+++ b/t/plugin/elasticsearch-logger2.t
@@ -169,3 +169,276 @@ GET /hello
 hello world
 --- error_log
 Batch Processor[elasticsearch-logger] successfully processed the entries
+
+
+
+=== TEST 4: resolve_index_vars unit test
+--- config
+    location /t {
+        content_by_lua_block {
+            local plugin = require("apisix.plugins.elasticsearch-logger")
+            local configs = {
+                ["%Y"] = "^\\d{4}$",
+                ["%m"] = "^\\d{2}$",
+                ["%d"] = "^\\d{2}$",
+                ["%Y.%m.%d"] = "^\\d{4}\\.\\d{2}\\.\\d{2}$",
+            }
+
+            for format, regex in pairs(configs) do
+                local new = plugin._resolve_index_vars("prefix{" .. format .. "}suffix")
+                local ok = ngx.re.match(new, "^prefix" .. regex:sub(2, -2) .. "suffix$")
+                if not ok then
+                   ngx.say("error: " .. new)
+                   return
+                end
+            end
+            ngx.say("ok")
+        }
+    }
+--- response_body
+ok
+
+
+
+=== TEST 5: test date variable in index
+--- config
+    location /t {
+        content_by_lua_block {
+            local t = require("lib.test_admin").test
+
+            local code, body = t('/apisix/admin/routes/1', ngx.HTTP_PUT, {
+                uri = "/hello",
+                upstream = {
+                    type = "roundrobin",
+                    nodes = {
+                        ["127.0.0.1:1980"] = 1
+                    }
+                },
+                plugins = {
+                    ["elasticsearch-logger"] = {
+                        endpoint_addr = "http://127.0.0.1:9201",
+                        field = {
+                            index = "services-{%Y.%m.%d}"
+                        },
+                        auth = {
+                            username = "elastic",
+                            password = "123456"
+                        },
+                        batch_max_size = 1,
+                        inactive_timeout = 1,
+                    }
+                }
+            })
+
+            if code >= 300 then
+                ngx.status = code
+            end
+
+            local code, _, body = t("/hello")
+        }
+    }
+--- error_log eval
+qr/body: \{"index":\{"_index":"services-\d\d\d\d\.\d\d\.\d\d"\}\}/
+
+
+
+=== TEST 6: test APISIX variable in index
+--- config
+    location /t {
+        content_by_lua_block {
+            local t = require("lib.test_admin").test
+
+            local code, body = t('/apisix/admin/routes/1', ngx.HTTP_PUT, {
+                uri = "/hello",
+                upstream = {
+                    type = "roundrobin",
+                    nodes = {
+                        ["127.0.0.1:1980"] = 1
+                    }
+                },
+                plugins = {
+                    ["elasticsearch-logger"] = {
+                        endpoint_addr = "http://127.0.0.1:9201",
+                        field = {
+                            index = "services-$host"
+                        },
+                        auth = {
+                            username = "elastic",
+                            password = "123456"
+                        },
+                        batch_max_size = 1,
+                        inactive_timeout = 1,
+                    }
+                }
+            })
+
+            if code >= 300 then
+                ngx.status = code
+            end
+
+            local code, _, body = t("/hello")
+        }
+    }
+--- error_log eval
+qr/body: \{"index":\{"_index":"services-127.0.0.1"\}\}/
+
+
+
+=== TEST 7: test both APISIX variable and date variable in index
+--- config
+    location /t {
+        content_by_lua_block {
+            local t = require("lib.test_admin").test
+
+            local code, body = t('/apisix/admin/routes/1', ngx.HTTP_PUT, {
+                uri = "/hello",
+                upstream = {
+                    type = "roundrobin",
+                    nodes = {
+                        ["127.0.0.1:1980"] = 1
+                    }
+                },
+                plugins = {
+                    ["elasticsearch-logger"] = {
+                        endpoint_addr = "http://127.0.0.1:9201",
+                        field = {
+                            index = "services-$host-{%Y.%m.%d}"
+                        },
+                        auth = {
+                            username = "elastic",
+                            password = "123456"
+                        },
+                        batch_max_size = 1,
+                        inactive_timeout = 1,
+                    }
+                }
+            })
+
+            if code >= 300 then
+                ngx.status = code
+            end
+
+            local code, _, body = t("/hello")
+        }
+    }
+--- error_log eval
+qr/body: \{"index":\{"_index":"services-127.0.0.1-\d\d\d\d\.\d\d\.\d\d"\}\}/
+
+
+
+=== TEST 8: dynamic index template should not be mutated across requests
+--- config
+    location /t {
+        content_by_lua_block {
+            local http = require "resty.http"
+            local httpc = http.new()
+            local t = require("lib.test_admin").test
+
+            local code, body = t('/apisix/admin/routes/1', ngx.HTTP_PUT, {
+                uri = "/hello",
+                upstream = {
+                    type = "roundrobin",
+                    nodes = {
+                        ["127.0.0.1:1980"] = 1
+                    }
+                },
+                plugins = {
+                    ["elasticsearch-logger"] = {
+                        endpoint_addr = "http://127.0.0.1:9201",
+                        field = {
+                            index = "services-$arg_id-{%Y.%m.%d}"
+                        },
+                        auth = {
+                            username = "elastic",
+                            password = "123456"
+                        },
+                        batch_max_size = 1,
+                        inactive_timeout = 1,
+                    }
+                }
+            })
+
+            if code >= 300 then
+                ngx.status = code
+                ngx.say(body)
+                return
+            end
+
+            local port = ngx.var.server_port
+            local res, err = httpc:request_uri("http://127.0.0.1:" .. port .. "/hello?id=first", {method = "GET"})
+            if not res then
+                ngx.say("request 1 failed: ", err)
+                return
+            end
+            res, err = httpc:request_uri("http://127.0.0.1:" .. port .. "/hello?id=second", {method = "GET"})
+            if not res then
+                ngx.say("request 2 failed: ", err)
+                return
+            end
+            ngx.sleep(2)
+            ngx.say("done")
+        }
+    }
+--- response_body
+done
+--- error_log eval
+[qr/body: \{"index":\{"_index":"services-first-\d\d\d\d\.\d\d\.\d\d"\}\}/, qr/body: \{"index":\{"_index":"services-second-\d\d\d\d\.\d\d\.\d\d"\}\}/]
+--- timeout: 5
+
+
+
+=== TEST 9: ${xx} variable syntax should not trigger time replacement
+--- config
+    location /t {
+        content_by_lua_block {
+            local http = require "resty.http"
+            local httpc = http.new()
+            local t = require("lib.test_admin").test
+
+            local code, body = t('/apisix/admin/routes/1', ngx.HTTP_PUT, {
+                uri = "/hello",
+                upstream = {
+                    type = "roundrobin",
+                    nodes = {
+                        ["127.0.0.1:1980"] = 1
+                    }
+                },
+                plugins = {
+                    ["elasticsearch-logger"] = {
+                        endpoint_addr = "http://127.0.0.1:9201",
+                        field = {
+                            index = "services-${arg_id}-{%Y.%m.%d}"
+                        },
+                        auth = {
+                            username = "elastic",
+                            password = "123456"
+                        },
+                        batch_max_size = 1,
+                        inactive_timeout = 1,
+                    }
+                }
+            })
+
+            if code >= 300 then
+                ngx.status = code
+                ngx.say(body)
+                return
+            end
+
+            local port = ngx.var.server_port
+            local res, err = httpc:request_uri("http://127.0.0.1:" .. port .. "/hello?id=myservice", {method = "GET"})
+            if not res then
+                ngx.say("request failed: ", err)
+                return
+            end
+            ngx.sleep(2)
+            ngx.say("done")
+        }
+    }
+--- response_body
+done
+--- error_log eval
+qr/body: \{"index":\{"_index":"services-myservice-\d\d\d\d\.\d\d\.\d\d"\}\}/
+--- no_error_log
+failed to parse time format
+--- timeout: 5