diff --git a/docs/modules/elasticsearch.md b/docs/modules/elasticsearch.md
index 3372d2fdea0..3834081f2c6 100644
--- a/docs/modules/elasticsearch.md
+++ b/docs/modules/elasticsearch.md
@@ -10,7 +10,9 @@ Note that it's based on the [official Docker image](https://www.elastic.co/guide
 You can start an elasticsearch container instance from any Java application by using:
 
 <!--codeinclude-->
-[HttpClient](../../modules/elasticsearch/src/test/java/org/testcontainers/elasticsearch/ElasticsearchContainerTest.java) inside_block:httpClientContainer
+[HttpClient](../../modules/elasticsearch/src/test/java/org/testcontainers/elasticsearch/ElasticsearchContainerTest.java) inside_block:httpClientContainer7
+[HttpClient with Elasticsearch 8](../../modules/elasticsearch/src/test/java/org/testcontainers/elasticsearch/ElasticsearchContainerTest.java) inside_block:httpClientContainer8
+[HttpClient with Elasticsearch 8 and SSL disabled](../../modules/elasticsearch/src/test/java/org/testcontainers/elasticsearch/ElasticsearchContainerTest.java) inside_block:httpClientContainerNoSSL8
 [TransportClient](../../modules/elasticsearch/src/test/java/org/testcontainers/elasticsearch/ElasticsearchContainerTest.java) inside_block:transportClientContainer
 <!--/codeinclude-->
 
diff --git a/modules/elasticsearch/src/test/java/org/testcontainers/elasticsearch/ElasticsearchContainerTest.java b/modules/elasticsearch/src/test/java/org/testcontainers/elasticsearch/ElasticsearchContainerTest.java
index 555cec58083..18fc0fc9fde 100644
--- a/modules/elasticsearch/src/test/java/org/testcontainers/elasticsearch/ElasticsearchContainerTest.java
+++ b/modules/elasticsearch/src/test/java/org/testcontainers/elasticsearch/ElasticsearchContainerTest.java
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ public void elasticsearchOssImage() throws IOException {
 
     @Test
     public void restClientClusterHealth() throws IOException {
-        // httpClientContainer {
+        // httpClientContainer7 {
         // Create the elasticsearch container.
         try (ElasticsearchContainer container = new ElasticsearchContainer(ELASTICSEARCH_IMAGE)) {
             // Start the container. This step might take some time...
@@ -208,7 +208,86 @@ public void restClientClusterHealth() throws IOException {
             // }}
             assertThat(response.getStatusLine().getStatusCode()).isEqualTo(200);
             assertThat(EntityUtils.toString(response.getEntity())).contains("cluster_name");
-            // httpClientContainer {{
+            // httpClientContainer7 {{
+        }
+        // }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void restClientClusterHealthElasticsearch8() throws IOException {
+        // httpClientContainer8 {
+        // Create the elasticsearch container.
+        try (
+            ElasticsearchContainer container = new ElasticsearchContainer(
+                "docker.elastic.co/elasticsearch/elasticsearch:8.1.2"
+            )
+        ) {
+            // Start the container. This step might take some time...
+            container.start();
+
+            // Do whatever you want with the rest client ...
+            final CredentialsProvider credentialsProvider = new BasicCredentialsProvider();
+            credentialsProvider.setCredentials(
+                AuthScope.ANY,
+                new UsernamePasswordCredentials(ELASTICSEARCH_USERNAME, ELASTICSEARCH_PASSWORD)
+            );
+
+            client =
+                RestClient
+                    // use HTTPS for Elasticsearch 8
+                    .builder(HttpHost.create("https://" + container.getHttpHostAddress()))
+                    .setHttpClientConfigCallback(httpClientBuilder -> {
+                        httpClientBuilder.setDefaultCredentialsProvider(credentialsProvider);
+                        // SSL is activated by default in Elasticsearch 8
+                        httpClientBuilder.setSSLContext(container.createSslContextFromCa());
+                        return httpClientBuilder;
+                    })
+                    .build();
+
+            Response response = client.performRequest(new Request("GET", "/_cluster/health"));
+            // }}
+            assertThat(response.getStatusLine().getStatusCode()).isEqualTo(200);
+            assertThat(EntityUtils.toString(response.getEntity())).contains("cluster_name");
+            // httpClientContainer8 {{
+        }
+        // }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void restClientClusterHealthElasticsearch8WithoutSSL() throws IOException {
+        // httpClientContainerNoSSL8 {
+        // Create the elasticsearch container.
+        try (
+            ElasticsearchContainer container = new ElasticsearchContainer(
+                "docker.elastic.co/elasticsearch/elasticsearch:8.1.2"
+            )
+                // disable SSL
+                .withEnv("xpack.security.transport.ssl.enabled", "false")
+                .withEnv("xpack.security.http.ssl.enabled", "false")
+        ) {
+            // Start the container. This step might take some time...
+            container.start();
+
+            // Do whatever you want with the rest client ...
+            final CredentialsProvider credentialsProvider = new BasicCredentialsProvider();
+            credentialsProvider.setCredentials(
+                AuthScope.ANY,
+                new UsernamePasswordCredentials(ELASTICSEARCH_USERNAME, ELASTICSEARCH_PASSWORD)
+            );
+
+            client =
+                RestClient
+                    .builder(HttpHost.create(container.getHttpHostAddress()))
+                    .setHttpClientConfigCallback(httpClientBuilder -> {
+                        return httpClientBuilder.setDefaultCredentialsProvider(credentialsProvider);
+                    })
+                    .build();
+
+            Response response = client.performRequest(new Request("GET", "/_cluster/health"));
+            // }}
+            assertThat(response.getStatusLine().getStatusCode()).isEqualTo(200);
+            assertThat(EntityUtils.toString(response.getEntity())).contains("cluster_name");
+            // httpClientContainerNoSSL8 {{
         }
         // }
     }
@@ -289,20 +368,6 @@ public void incompatibleSettingsTest() {
             .isInstanceOf(IllegalArgumentException.class);
     }
 
-    @Test
-    public void testElasticsearch8SecureByDefault() throws Exception {
-        try (
-            ElasticsearchContainer container = new ElasticsearchContainer(
-                "docker.elastic.co/elasticsearch/elasticsearch:8.1.2"
-            )
-        ) {
-            // Start the container. This step might take some time...
-            container.start();
-
-            assertClusterHealthResponse(container);
-        }
-    }
-
     @Test
     public void testDockerHubElasticsearch8ImageSecureByDefault() throws Exception {
         try (ElasticsearchContainer container = new ElasticsearchContainer("elasticsearch:8.1.2")) {