diff --git a/k8s/helmfile/env/local/api.values.yaml.gotmpl b/k8s/helmfile/env/local/api.values.yaml.gotmpl
index 83d5e2a72..30528adc6 100644
--- a/k8s/helmfile/env/local/api.values.yaml.gotmpl
+++ b/k8s/helmfile/env/local/api.values.yaml.gotmpl
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ app:
     serviceAccountSecret: null
   stackdriver:
     enabled: false
+  elasticSearchHost: elasticsearch-1.default.svc.cluster.local:9200
 
 replicaCount:
   web: 1
diff --git a/k8s/helmfile/env/local/mediawiki-139.values.yaml.gotmpl b/k8s/helmfile/env/local/mediawiki-139.values.yaml.gotmpl
index 3179a85b3..f27219e73 100644
--- a/k8s/helmfile/env/local/mediawiki-139.values.yaml.gotmpl
+++ b/k8s/helmfile/env/local/mediawiki-139.values.yaml.gotmpl
@@ -21,6 +21,10 @@ mw:
     sitekeySecretKey: site_key
     secretkeySecretName: {{ .Values.external.recaptcha2.secretName }}
     secretkeySecretKey: secret_key
+  elasticsearch:
+    host: elasticsearch-1.default.svc.cluster.local
+    port: 9200
+    es6: false
 
 replicaCount:
   backend: 1
diff --git a/k8s/helmfile/env/production/elasticsearch-1.values.yaml.gotmpl b/k8s/helmfile/env/production/elasticsearch-1.values.yaml.gotmpl
index 336dbefca..e1b38bb54 100644
--- a/k8s/helmfile/env/production/elasticsearch-1.values.yaml.gotmpl
+++ b/k8s/helmfile/env/production/elasticsearch-1.values.yaml.gotmpl
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 image:
   registry: ghcr.io
   repository: wbstack/elasticsearch
-  tag: 7.10.2-20230628-0
+  tag: 7.10.2-20231013-0
 
 labels:
   sidecar.istio.io/inject: "false"
diff --git a/k8s/helmfile/env/staging/mediawiki-139.values.yaml.gotmpl b/k8s/helmfile/env/staging/mediawiki-139.values.yaml.gotmpl
index 730dcd6fb..74c6abae7 100644
--- a/k8s/helmfile/env/staging/mediawiki-139.values.yaml.gotmpl
+++ b/k8s/helmfile/env/staging/mediawiki-139.values.yaml.gotmpl
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@ mw:
     allowedProxyCidr: "10.112.0.0/14"
   mail:
     domain: "wikibase.dev"
+  writeOnlyElasticsearch:
+    host: elasticsearch-1.default.svc.cluster.local
+    port: 9200
+    es6: false
 
 resources:
   web:
diff --git a/k8s/helmfile/helmfile.yaml b/k8s/helmfile/helmfile.yaml
index 593f5d643..83568f9cd 100644
--- a/k8s/helmfile/helmfile.yaml
+++ b/k8s/helmfile/helmfile.yaml
@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@ releases:
     namespace: default
     chart: wbstack/elasticsearch-legacy
     version: 6.8.22-wmde2
+    installed: {{ ne .Environment.Name "local" | toYaml }}
     <<: *default_release
 
   - name: elasticsearch-1