diff --git a/.changeset/afraid-ghosts-watch.md b/.changeset/afraid-ghosts-watch.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b277baaff1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/afraid-ghosts-watch.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@backstage/plugin-search-backend-module-elasticsearch': patch
+---
+
+Fix never resolved indexer promise.
diff --git a/plugins/search-backend-module-elasticsearch/src/engines/ElasticSearchSearchEngine.ts b/plugins/search-backend-module-elasticsearch/src/engines/ElasticSearchSearchEngine.ts
index f8c996df51..93312c9fba 100644
--- a/plugins/search-backend-module-elasticsearch/src/engines/ElasticSearchSearchEngine.ts
+++ b/plugins/search-backend-module-elasticsearch/src/engines/ElasticSearchSearchEngine.ts
@@ -345,6 +345,7 @@ export class ElasticSearchSearchEngine implements SearchEngine {
 
           attempts++;
         }
+        done();
       });
 
       if (cleanupError) {