diff --git a/changelog/unreleased/pr-20097.toml b/changelog/unreleased/pr-20097.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..02a42b0821ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/unreleased/pr-20097.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+type = "a"
+message = "bumping the OpenSearch (client, server in DataNode) to 2.15"
+
+pulls = ["20097"]
diff --git a/data-node/pom.xml b/data-node/pom.xml
index 532a24ca08b9..df7c5d41e150 100644
--- a/data-node/pom.xml
+++ b/data-node/pom.xml
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
17
17
UTF-8
- 2.12.0
+ 2.15.0
- 2.12.0-2
+ 2.15.0-1
3.0.0
5.21.0
4.13.2