diff --git a/plugins/search-backend-module-elasticsearch/package.json b/plugins/search-backend-module-elasticsearch/package.json
index 99339ef99c..72a74d3ec8 100644
--- a/plugins/search-backend-module-elasticsearch/package.json
+++ b/plugins/search-backend-module-elasticsearch/package.json
@@ -23,11 +23,12 @@
     "clean": "backstage-cli package clean"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@acuris/aws-es-connection": "^2.2.0",
     "@backstage/config": "^1.0.1",
     "@backstage/plugin-search-backend-node": "^0.6.3-next.0",
     "@backstage/plugin-search-common": "^0.3.5",
-    "@elastic/elasticsearch": "7.13.0",
+    "@elastic/elasticsearch": "^7.13.0",
+    "@opensearch-project/opensearch": "^1.1.0",
+    "aws-os-connection": "^0.1.0",
     "aws-sdk": "^2.948.0",
     "elastic-builder": "^2.16.0",
     "lodash": "^4.17.21",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index c1eaefe398..b7495a0891 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -2,13 +2,6 @@
 # yarn lockfile v1
 
 
-"@acuris/aws-es-connection@^2.2.0":
-  version "2.3.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/@acuris/aws-es-connection/-/aws-es-connection-2.3.0.tgz#bfa736163bdfe2e7fc12f8529eead949fb4e73fe"
-  integrity sha512-k8jSkdNwpSPty7oautGaJXoAzzPjP7WKbmaAE9i+vJrKWg9n2UtjesHeDhOAPzV9MG8EzXofGozYjaLdeTP+Ug==
-  dependencies:
-    aws4 "^1.11.0"
-
 "@ampproject/remapping@^2.1.0":
   version "2.1.2"
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/@ampproject/remapping/-/remapping-2.1.2.tgz#4edca94973ded9630d20101cd8559cedb8d8bd34"
@@ -2079,10 +2072,10 @@
     find-my-way "^4.3.3"
     into-stream "^6.0.0"
 
-"@elastic/elasticsearch@7.13.0":
-  version "7.13.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/@elastic/elasticsearch/-/elasticsearch-7.13.0.tgz#6dcf511dfa91187e22c81e54f41f4bd0fd96b4d6"
-  integrity sha512-WgwLWo2p9P2tdqzBGX9fHeG8p5IOTXprXNTECQG2mJ7z9n93N5AFBJpEw4d35tWWeCWi9jI13A2wzQZH7XZ/xw==
+"@elastic/elasticsearch@^7.13.0":
+  version "7.17.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/@elastic/elasticsearch/-/elasticsearch-7.17.0.tgz#589fb219234cf1b0da23744e82b1d25e2fe9a797"
+  integrity sha512-5QLPCjd0uLmLj1lSuKSThjNpq39f6NmlTy9ROLFwG5gjyTgpwSqufDeYG/Fm43Xs05uF7WcscoO7eguI3HuuYA==
   dependencies:
     debug "^4.3.1"
     hpagent "^0.1.1"
@@ -5127,6 +5120,16 @@
     rxjs "7.5.5"
     tslib "2.0.3"
 
+"@opensearch-project/opensearch@^1.1.0":
+  version "1.1.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/@opensearch-project/opensearch/-/opensearch-1.1.0.tgz#8b3c8b4cbcea01755ba092d2997bf0b4ca7f22f7"
+  integrity sha512-1TDw92JL8rD1b2QGluqBsIBLIiD5SGciIpz4qkrGAe9tcdfQ1ptub5e677rhWl35UULSjr6hP8M6HmISZ/M5HQ==
+  dependencies:
+    debug "^4.3.1"
+    hpagent "^0.1.1"
+    ms "^2.1.3"
+    secure-json-parse "^2.4.0"
+
 "@opentelemetry/api@^1.0.1":
   version "1.0.4"
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/@opentelemetry/api/-/api-1.0.4.tgz#a167e46c10d05a07ab299fc518793b0cff8f6924"
@@ -8250,6 +8253,13 @@ available-typed-arrays@^1.0.2:
   dependencies:
     array-filter "^1.0.0"
 
+aws-os-connection@^0.1.0:
+  version "0.1.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/aws-os-connection/-/aws-os-connection-0.1.0.tgz#02c1be08cf63448c5bdc9d47b03b7ad3222b662c"
+  integrity sha512-WBN2S/5zgzfPpEiOTEW7IPJX+hlq+AQeAVKK4AL/Th0SfRRKu6a46i4aZKovQslBkKnmcSFvy+mHSJ299N8YWA==
+  dependencies:
+    aws4 "^1.11.0"
+
 aws-sdk-mock@^5.2.1:
   version "5.7.0"
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/aws-sdk-mock/-/aws-sdk-mock-5.7.0.tgz#b2a9454c78d008186c3f1a460b79cdb9cc9dfdc4"