diff --git a/build/resources/elasticsearch.yml b/build/resources/elasticsearch.yml
index 0069792..ef84104 100644
--- a/build/resources/elasticsearch.yml
+++ b/build/resources/elasticsearch.yml
@@ -2,4 +2,7 @@ discovery.type: "single-node"
 cluster.name: "docker-cluster"
 xpack.security.enabled: "false"
 network.host: 0.0.0.0
-path.repo: ["/tmp"]
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+path.repo: ["/tmp"]
+
+# ES 8 requires explicit setting of the following
+xpack.security.enabled: false
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