diff --git a/plugins/search-backend-module-elasticsearch/api-report.md b/plugins/search-backend-module-elasticsearch/api-report.md
index 1e798119c3..6dc0256586 100644
--- a/plugins/search-backend-module-elasticsearch/api-report.md
+++ b/plugins/search-backend-module-elasticsearch/api-report.md
@@ -3,18 +3,103 @@
 > Do not edit this file. It is a report generated by [API Extractor](https://api-extractor.com/).
 
 ```ts
-import { Client } from '@elastic/elasticsearch';
+/// <reference types="node" />
+
 import { Config } from '@backstage/config';
+import type { ConnectionOptions } from 'tls';
 import { IndexableDocument } from '@backstage/search-common';
 import { Logger as Logger_2 } from 'winston';
 import { SearchEngine } from '@backstage/search-common';
 import { SearchQuery } from '@backstage/search-common';
 import { SearchResultSet } from '@backstage/search-common';
 
+// Warning: (ae-missing-release-tag) "ElasticSearchClientOptions" is exported by the package, but it is missing a release tag (@alpha, @beta, @public, or @internal)
+// Warning: (ae-unresolved-link) The @link reference could not be resolved: The package "@backstage/plugin-search-backend-module-elasticsearch" does not have an export "ElasticSearchEngine"
+//
+// @public
+export interface ElasticSearchClientOptions {
+  // Warning: (ae-forgotten-export) The symbol "ElasticSearchAgentOptions" needs to be exported by the entry point index.d.ts
+  //
+  // (undocumented)
+  agent?: ElasticSearchAgentOptions | ((opts?: any) => unknown) | false;
+  // Warning: (ae-forgotten-export) The symbol "ElasticSearchAuth" needs to be exported by the entry point index.d.ts
+  //
+  // (undocumented)
+  auth?: ElasticSearchAuth;
+  // (undocumented)
+  cloud?: {
+    id: string;
+    username?: string;
+    password?: string;
+  };
+  // (undocumented)
+  compression?: 'gzip';
+  // Warning: (ae-forgotten-export) The symbol "ElasticSearchConnectionConstructor" needs to be exported by the entry point index.d.ts
+  //
+  // (undocumented)
+  Connection?: ElasticSearchConnectionConstructor;
+  // (undocumented)
+  disablePrototypePoisoningProtection?: boolean | 'proto' | 'constructor';
+  // (undocumented)
+  enableMetaHeader?: boolean;
+  // (undocumented)
+  headers?: Record<string, any>;
+  // (undocumented)
+  maxRetries?: number;
+  // (undocumented)
+  name?: string | symbol;
+  // Warning: (ae-forgotten-export) The symbol "ElasticSearchNodeOptions" needs to be exported by the entry point index.d.ts
+  //
+  // (undocumented)
+  node?:
+    | string
+    | string[]
+    | ElasticSearchNodeOptions
+    | ElasticSearchNodeOptions[];
+  // (undocumented)
+  nodeFilter?: (connection: any) => boolean;
+  // (undocumented)
+  nodes?:
+    | string
+    | string[]
+    | ElasticSearchNodeOptions
+    | ElasticSearchNodeOptions[];
+  // (undocumented)
+  nodeSelector?: ((connections: any[]) => any) | string;
+  // (undocumented)
+  opaqueIdPrefix?: string;
+  // (undocumented)
+  pingTimeout?: number;
+  // (undocumented)
+  provider?: 'aws' | 'elastic';
+  // (undocumented)
+  proxy?: string | URL;
+  // (undocumented)
+  requestTimeout?: number;
+  // (undocumented)
+  resurrectStrategy?: 'ping' | 'optimistic' | 'none';
+  // (undocumented)
+  sniffEndpoint?: string;
+  // (undocumented)
+  sniffInterval?: number | boolean;
+  // (undocumented)
+  sniffOnConnectionFault?: boolean;
+  // (undocumented)
+  sniffOnStart?: boolean;
+  // (undocumented)
+  ssl?: ConnectionOptions;
+  // (undocumented)
+  suggestCompression?: boolean;
+  // Warning: (ae-forgotten-export) The symbol "ElasticSearchTransportConstructor" needs to be exported by the entry point index.d.ts
+  //
+  // (undocumented)
+  Transport?: ElasticSearchTransportConstructor;
+}
+
 // @public (undocumented)
 export class ElasticSearchSearchEngine implements SearchEngine {
   constructor(
-    elasticSearchClient: Client,
+    elasticSearchClientOptions: ElasticSearchClientOptions,
     aliasPostfix: string,
     indexPrefix: string,
     logger: Logger_2,
@@ -22,11 +107,15 @@ export class ElasticSearchSearchEngine implements SearchEngine {
   // Warning: (ae-forgotten-export) The symbol "ElasticSearchOptions" needs to be exported by the entry point index.d.ts
   //
   // (undocumented)
-  static fromConfig(
-    options: ElasticSearchOptions,
-  ): Promise<ElasticSearchSearchEngine>;
+  static fromConfig({
+    logger,
+    config,
+    aliasPostfix,
+    indexPrefix,
+  }: ElasticSearchOptions): Promise<ElasticSearchSearchEngine>;
   // (undocumented)
   index(type: string, documents: IndexableDocument[]): Promise<void>;
+  newClient<T>(create: (options: ElasticSearchClientOptions) => T): T;
   // (undocumented)
   query(query: SearchQuery): Promise<SearchResultSet>;
   // Warning: (ae-forgotten-export) The symbol "ElasticSearchQueryTranslator" needs to be exported by the entry point index.d.ts
diff --git a/plugins/search-backend-module-elasticsearch/src/index.ts b/plugins/search-backend-module-elasticsearch/src/index.ts
index b4dab93b76..8cf96de858 100644
--- a/plugins/search-backend-module-elasticsearch/src/index.ts
+++ b/plugins/search-backend-module-elasticsearch/src/index.ts
@@ -21,3 +21,4 @@
  */
 
 export { ElasticSearchSearchEngine } from './engines';
+export type { ElasticSearchClientOptions } from './engines';