diff --git a/elasticsearch/templates/monitoring/prometheus/exporter-deployment.yaml b/elasticsearch/templates/monitoring/prometheus/exporter-deployment.yaml
index 61d6f978c1..2b29dbc13c 100644
--- a/elasticsearch/templates/monitoring/prometheus/exporter-deployment.yaml
+++ b/elasticsearch/templates/monitoring/prometheus/exporter-deployment.yaml
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ spec:
             - '--collector.clustersettings'
             {{- end }}
             {{- if .Values.conf.prometheus_elasticsearch_exporter.es.slm }}
-            - '--es.slm'
+            - '--collector.slm'
             {{- end }}
             {{- if .Values.conf.prometheus_elasticsearch_exporter.es.data_stream }}
             - '--es.data_stream'
diff --git a/elasticsearch/values.yaml b/elasticsearch/values.yaml
index c6952097ca..f37828ac59 100644
--- a/elasticsearch/values.yaml
+++ b/elasticsearch/values.yaml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ images:
     s3_bucket: docker.io/openstackhelm/ceph-daemon:ubuntu_jammy_19.2.2-1-20250414
     s3_user: docker.io/openstackhelm/ceph-config-helper:ubuntu_jammy_19.2.2-1-20250414
     helm_tests: docker.io/openstackhelm/heat:wallaby-ubuntu_focal
-    prometheus_elasticsearch_exporter: quay.io/prometheuscommunity/elasticsearch-exporter:v1.7.0
+    prometheus_elasticsearch_exporter: quay.io/prometheuscommunity/elasticsearch-exporter:v1.9.0
     dep_check: quay.io/airshipit/kubernetes-entrypoint:latest-ubuntu_focal
     snapshot_repository: docker.io/openstackhelm/ceph-config-helper:ubuntu_jammy_19.2.2-1-20250414
     elasticsearch_templates: docker.io/linuxserver/yq:latest
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/elasticsearch-653d4b77cf26c277.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/elasticsearch-653d4b77cf26c277.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1135379a43
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/elasticsearch-653d4b77cf26c277.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+elasticsearch:
+  - Upgrade the Prometheus elasticsearch-exporter to the latest v1.9.0
+  - Rename the slm flag according to the changelog
+    https://github.com/prometheus-community/elasticsearch_exporter/releases/tag/v1.9.0
+...