diff --git a/app/vlinsert/elasticsearch/elasticsearch.go b/app/vlinsert/elasticsearch/elasticsearch.go
index c11d8b398f..60ae8ddeb6 100644
--- a/app/vlinsert/elasticsearch/elasticsearch.go
+++ b/app/vlinsert/elasticsearch/elasticsearch.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package elasticsearch
 import (
 	"bufio"
 	"errors"
+	"flag"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"math"
@@ -24,6 +25,10 @@ import (
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/metrics"
 )
 
+var (
+	elasticsearchVersion = flag.String("elasticsearch.version", "8.9.0", "Elasticsearch version to report to client")
+)
+
 // RequestHandler processes Elasticsearch insert requests
 func RequestHandler(path string, w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) bool {
 	w.Header().Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
@@ -60,9 +65,9 @@ func RequestHandler(path string, w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) bool {
 			// See the latest available version for Elasticsearch at https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/releases
 			fmt.Fprintf(w, `{
 			"version": {
-				"number": "8.8.0"
+				"number": %q
 			}
-		}`)
+		}`, *elasticsearchVersion)
 		case http.MethodHead:
 			// Return empty response for Logstash ping request.
 		}
diff --git a/docs/VictoriaLogs/CHANGELOG.md b/docs/VictoriaLogs/CHANGELOG.md
index be91f975c6..137f80d760 100644
--- a/docs/VictoriaLogs/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/docs/VictoriaLogs/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ according to [these docs](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/VictoriaLogs/QuickSta
 
 ## tip
 
+* FEATURE: add `-elasticsearch.version` command-line flag, which can be used for specifying Elasticsearch version returned by VictoriaLogs to Filebeat at [elasticsearch bulk API](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/VictoriaLogs/data-ingestion/#elasticsearch-bulk-api). This helps resolving [this issue](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/issues/4777).
 * FEATURE: expose the following metrics at [/metrics](monitoring) page:
   * `vl_data_size_bytes{type="storage"}` - on-disk size for data excluding [log stream](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/VictoriaLogs/keyConcepts.html#stream-fields) indexes.
   * `vl_data_size_bytes{type="indexdb"}` - on-disk size for [log stream](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/VictoriaLogs/keyConcepts.html#stream-fields) indexes.
diff --git a/docs/VictoriaLogs/data-ingestion/Filebeat.md b/docs/VictoriaLogs/data-ingestion/Filebeat.md
index 8bdd243cae..3464aeb8bc 100644
--- a/docs/VictoriaLogs/data-ingestion/Filebeat.md
+++ b/docs/VictoriaLogs/data-ingestion/Filebeat.md
@@ -100,6 +100,22 @@ output.elasticsearch:
     _stream_fields: "host.name,log.file.path"
 ```
 
+Filebeat checks a version of ElasticSearch on startup and refuses to start sending logs if the version is not compatible.
+In order to bypass this check please add `allow_older_versions: true` into `output.elasticsearch` section:
+
+```yml
+output.elasticsearch:
+  hosts: [ "http://localhost:9428/insert/elasticsearch/" ]
+  parameters:
+    _msg_field: "message"
+    _time_field: "@timestamp"
+    _stream_fields: "host.name,log.file.path"
+  allow_older_versions: true
+```
+
+Alternatively, is also possible to change version which VictoriaLogs reports to Filebeat by using `-elasticsearch.version`
+command-line flag.
+
 See also:
 
 - [Data ingestion troubleshooting](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/VictoriaLogs/data-ingestion/#troubleshooting).