diff --git a/packages/nodes-base/nodes/Elastic/Elasticsearch/GenericFunctions.ts b/packages/nodes-base/nodes/Elastic/Elasticsearch/GenericFunctions.ts
index 29804736e25..6c3ec71413e 100644
--- a/packages/nodes-base/nodes/Elastic/Elasticsearch/GenericFunctions.ts
+++ b/packages/nodes-base/nodes/Elastic/Elasticsearch/GenericFunctions.ts
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ export async function elasticsearchApiRequestAllItems(
 			track_total_hits: false, //Disable the tracking of total hits to speed up pagination
 		};
 
-		responseData = await elasticsearchApiRequest.call(this, 'GET', '/_search', requestBody, qs);
+		responseData = await elasticsearchApiRequest.call(this, 'POST', '/_search', requestBody, qs);
 		if (responseData?.hits?.hits) {
 			returnData = returnData.concat(responseData.hits.hits as IDataObject[]);
 			const lastHitIndex = responseData.hits.hits.length - 1;
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ export async function elasticsearchApiRequestAllItems(
 			requestBody.search_after = searchAfter;
 			requestBody.pit = { id: pit, keep_alive: '1m' };
 
-			responseData = await elasticsearchApiRequest.call(this, 'GET', '/_search', requestBody, qs);
+			responseData = await elasticsearchApiRequest.call(this, 'POST', '/_search', requestBody, qs);
 
 			if (responseData?.hits?.hits?.length) {
 				returnData = returnData.concat(responseData.hits.hits as IDataObject[]);