diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/el/elasticsearch-curator/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/el/elasticsearch-curator/package.nix
index 6a142aeb1ac5..cb91f3edfb6f 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/el/elasticsearch-curator/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/el/elasticsearch-curator/package.nix
@@ -9,16 +9,18 @@
 
 python3.pkgs.buildPythonApplication rec {
   pname = "elasticsearch-curator";
-  version = "8.0.15";
-  format = "pyproject";
+  version = "8.0.16";
+  pyproject = true;
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "elastic";
     repo = "curator";
     rev = "refs/tags/v${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-pW928jT9oL76RJuJgH7nhCvgWPzXixzqBKVYsaJy9xw=";
+    hash = "sha256-nSBsLzem+eZBM0ebhW1Omh+pYYPYdly/VraM89iJe3E=";
   };
 
+  pythonRelaxDeps = [ "es-client" ];
+
   build-system = with python3.pkgs; [ hatchling ];
 
   dependencies = with python3.pkgs; [