diff --git a/plugins/search-backend-module-elasticsearch/src/engines/ElasticSearchSearchEngine.ts b/plugins/search-backend-module-elasticsearch/src/engines/ElasticSearchSearchEngine.ts
index bd7224d850..8af568eacb 100644
--- a/plugins/search-backend-module-elasticsearch/src/engines/ElasticSearchSearchEngine.ts
+++ b/plugins/search-backend-module-elasticsearch/src/engines/ElasticSearchSearchEngine.ts
@@ -458,6 +458,7 @@ export async function createElasticSearchClientOptions(
     const authConfig = config.getConfig('auth');
     return {
       provider: 'opensearch',
+      node: config.getString('node'),
       auth: {
         username: authConfig.getString('username'),
         password: authConfig.getString('password'),