diff --git a/pod/live/admin.py b/pod/live/admin.py
index f9fe2c7453..431ee4f090 100644
--- a/pod/live/admin.py
+++ b/pod/live/admin.py
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
 from django.urls import reverse
 from django.utils.html import format_html
 from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy as _
-from js_asset import static
 from sorl.thumbnail import get_thumbnail
+from django.templatetags.static import static
 
 from pod.live.forms import BuildingAdminForm, EventAdminForm, BroadcasterAdminForm
 from pod.live.models import (
diff --git a/pod/main/configuration.json b/pod/main/configuration.json
index 962a879a4a..295d7951eb 100644
--- a/pod/main/configuration.json
+++ b/pod/main/configuration.json
@@ -3668,15 +3668,15 @@
                             "pod_version_init": "3.1.0"
                         },
                         "ES_VERSION": {
-                            "default_value": 6,
+                            "default_value": 7,
                             "description": {
                                 "en": [
                                     ""
                                 ],
                                 "fr": [
                                     "Version d’ElasticSearch.",
-                                    "valeurs possibles 6, 7 ou 8 correspondant à la version du Elasticsearch utilisé.",
-                                    "Pour utiliser la version 7 ou 8, faire une mise à jour du paquet elasticsearch-py ",
+                                    "valeurs possibles 7 ou 8 correspondant à la version du serveur Elasticsearch utilisé.",
+                                    "Attention, le paquet elasticsearch-py doit correspondre à la version du serveur. ",
                                     "Pour la 7, `pip3 install elasticsearch==7.17.7`,",
                                     "et pour la 8, `pip3 install elasticsearch==8.8.1`.",
                                     "Voir [elasticsearch-py.readthedocs.io](https://elasticsearch-py.readthedocs.io/)",
diff --git a/pod/main/test_settings.py b/pod/main/test_settings.py
index 49abb770db..08e02fdf66 100644
--- a/pod/main/test_settings.py
+++ b/pod/main/test_settings.py
@@ -20,16 +20,17 @@
     os.path.join(settings_base_dir, "custom", "static", "opencast")
 )
 USE_DOCKER = True
-path = "pod/custom/settings_local.py"
 ES_URL = ["http://elasticsearch.localhost:9200/"]
-ES_VERSION = 6
+ES_VERSION = 7
+ES_INDEX = "pod-test"
+path = "pod/custom/settings_local.py"
 if os.path.exists(path):
     _temp = __import__("pod.custom", globals(), locals(), ["settings_local"])
-    USE_DOCKER = getattr(_temp.settings_local, "USE_DOCKER", True)
+    USE_DOCKER = getattr(_temp.settings_local, "USE_DOCKER", USE_DOCKER)
     ES_URL = getattr(
-        _temp.settings_local, "ES_URL", ["http://elasticsearch.localhost:9200/"]
+        _temp.settings_local, "ES_URL", ES_URL
     )
-    ES_VERSION = getattr(_temp.settings_local, "ES_VERSION", 6)
+    ES_VERSION = getattr(_temp.settings_local, "ES_VERSION", ES_VERSION)
 
 for application in INSTALLED_APPS:
     if application.startswith("pod"):
diff --git a/pod/video_search/utils.py b/pod/video_search/utils.py
index 094a906892..c603621f57 100644
--- a/pod/video_search/utils.py
+++ b/pod/video_search/utils.py
@@ -34,16 +34,7 @@ def index_es(video):
         try:
             data = video.get_json_to_index()
             if data != "{}":
-                if ES_VERSION in [7, 8]:
-                    res = es.index(index=ES_INDEX, id=video.id, body=data, refresh=True)
-                else:
-                    res = es.index(
-                        index=ES_INDEX,
-                        id=video.id,
-                        doc_type="pod",
-                        body=data,
-                        refresh=True,
-                    )
+                res = es.index(index=ES_INDEX, id=video.id, body=data, refresh=True)
                 if DEBUG:
                     logger.info(res)
                 return res
@@ -66,18 +57,9 @@ def delete_es(video):
     )
     if es.ping():
         try:
-            if ES_VERSION in [7, 8]:
-                delete = es.delete(
-                    index=ES_INDEX, id=video.id, refresh=True, ignore=[400, 404]
-                )
-            else:
-                delete = es.delete(
-                    index=ES_INDEX,
-                    doc_type="pod",
-                    id=video.id,
-                    refresh=True,
-                    ignore=[400, 404],
-                )
+            delete = es.delete(
+                index=ES_INDEX, id=video.id, refresh=True, ignore=[400, 404]
+            )
             if DEBUG:
                 logger.info(delete)
             return delete
diff --git a/pod/video_search/views.py b/pod/video_search/views.py
index d164472a3c..e8e6dd8cea 100644
--- a/pod/video_search/views.py
+++ b/pod/video_search/views.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 ES_INDEX = getattr(settings, "ES_INDEX", "pod")
 ES_TIMEOUT = getattr(settings, "ES_TIMEOUT", 30)
 ES_MAX_RETRIES = getattr(settings, "ES_MAX_RETRIES", 10)
-ES_VERSION = getattr(settings, "ES_VERSION", 6)
+ES_VERSION = getattr(settings, "ES_VERSION", 7)
 ES_OPTIONS = getattr(settings, "ES_OPTIONS", {})
 
 
@@ -238,10 +238,7 @@ def search_videos(request):
     list_videos_id = [hit["_id"] for hit in result["hits"]["hits"]]
     videos = Video.objects.filter(id__in=list_videos_id)
     num_result = 0
-    if ES_VERSION in [7, 8]:
-        num_result = result["hits"]["total"]["value"]
-    else:
-        num_result = result["hits"]["total"]
+    num_result = result["hits"]["total"]["value"]
     videos.has_next = ((page + 1) * size) < num_result
     videos.next_page_number = page + 1