diff --git a/.changeset/eighty-games-burn.md b/.changeset/eighty-games-burn.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..117230576
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/eighty-games-burn.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'contexture-elasticsearch': minor
+---
+
+Change default elastic highlight tags from b to span
diff --git a/packages/provider-elasticsearch/src/example-types/results/highlighting/search.js b/packages/provider-elasticsearch/src/example-types/results/highlighting/search.js
index abbb4bcfa..71528c83f 100644
--- a/packages/provider-elasticsearch/src/example-types/results/highlighting/search.js
+++ b/packages/provider-elasticsearch/src/example-types/results/highlighting/search.js
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ import {
 } from './response.js'
 
 let tags = {
-  pre: '<b class="search-highlight">',
-  post: '</b>',
+  pre: '<span class="search-highlight">',
+  post: '</span>',
 }
 
 export let searchWithHighlights = (node, search, schema) => async (body) => {