diff --git a/.changeset/grumpy-phones-kiss.md b/.changeset/grumpy-phones-kiss.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..96b6ff05d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/grumpy-phones-kiss.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@backstage/plugin-search-backend-module-elasticsearch': patch
+---
+
+Fixed an issue where the `search.elasticsearch.queryOptions` config were not picked up by the `ElasticSearchSearchEngine`.
diff --git a/plugins/search-backend-module-elasticsearch/src/engines/ElasticSearchSearchEngine.ts b/plugins/search-backend-module-elasticsearch/src/engines/ElasticSearchSearchEngine.ts
index e2c8a48cd6..2bd5c88f89 100644
--- a/plugins/search-backend-module-elasticsearch/src/engines/ElasticSearchSearchEngine.ts
+++ b/plugins/search-backend-module-elasticsearch/src/engines/ElasticSearchSearchEngine.ts
@@ -192,6 +192,9 @@ export class ElasticSearchSearchEngine implements SearchEngine {
       config.getOptional<ElasticSearchHighlightOptions>(
         'search.elasticsearch.highlightOptions',
       ),
+      config.getOptional<ElasticSearchQueryConfig>(
+        'search.elasticsearch.queryOptions',
+      ),
     );
 
     for (const indexTemplate of this.readIndexTemplateConfig(