diff --git a/release/smoke-tests/run-smoke-tests.sh b/release/smoke-tests/run-smoke-tests.sh
index 2cd22199ac..fa3c54e251 100755
--- a/release/smoke-tests/run-smoke-tests.sh
+++ b/release/smoke-tests/run-smoke-tests.sh
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ set -e
 
 export IMAGE_NAME="opensearch-data-prepper"
 REPO_ROOT=$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)
-export OPENSEARCH_VERSION="1.0.1"
+export OPENSEARCH_VERSION="1.3.6"
 OPENSEARCH_HOST="localhost:9200"
 OPENSEARCH_GROK_INDEX="test-grok-index"
 OPENSEARCH_OTEL_INDEX="otel-v1-apm-span-000001"