diff --git a/helpers/TESTING_service_images_dockercompose.md b/helpers/TESTING_service_images_dockercompose.md
index d1108c766..04b7e1dbc 100644
--- a/helpers/TESTING_service_images_dockercompose.md
+++ b/helpers/TESTING_service_images_dockercompose.md
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ docker-compose exec -T varnish-7 sh -c "varnishlog -d" | grep User-Agent | grep
 docker-compose exec -T commons sh -c "curl opensearch-2:9200" | grep number | grep "2."
 
 # opensearch-2 should be healthy
-docker-compose exec -T commons sh -c "curl opensearch-2:9200/_cluster/health" | json_pp | grep status | grep green
+docker-compose exec -T commons sh -c "curl opensearch-2:9200/_cluster/health" | json_pp | grep status | grep -v red
 
 # opensearch-2 should be able to read/write data
 docker-compose exec -T commons sh -c "curl -kL http://internal-services-test:3000/opensearch-2" | grep "SERVICE_HOST=opensearch-2"
diff --git a/images/opensearch/2.Dockerfile b/images/opensearch/2.Dockerfile
index 17f437711..bf48eff1b 100644
--- a/images/opensearch/2.Dockerfile
+++ b/images/opensearch/2.Dockerfile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ARG IMAGE_REPO
 FROM ${IMAGE_REPO:-lagoon}/commons as commons
-FROM opensearchproject/opensearch:2.8.0
+FROM opensearchproject/opensearch:2.9.0
 
 LABEL org.opencontainers.image.authors="The Lagoon Authors" maintainer="The Lagoon Authors"
 LABEL org.opencontainers.image.source="https://github.com/uselagoon/lagoon-images" repository="https://github.com/uselagoon/lagoon-images"