diff --git a/.ci/jobs/elastic+eland+7.x.yml b/.ci/jobs/elastic+eland+7.x.yml
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..2dff0e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.ci/jobs/elastic+eland+7.x.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+---
+- job:
+    name: elastic+eland+7.x
+    display-name: 'elastic / eland # 7.x'
+    description: Eland is a data science client with a Pandas-like interface
+    junit_results: "*-junit.xml"
+    parameters:
+      - string:
+          name: branch_specifier
+          default: refs/heads/7.x
+          description: The Git branch specifier to build
+    triggers:
+      - github
+      - timed: '@daily'
diff --git a/.ci/test-matrix.yml b/.ci/test-matrix.yml
index cb7f6a0..9e6a77b 100755
--- a/.ci/test-matrix.yml
+++ b/.ci/test-matrix.yml
@@ -1,16 +1,15 @@
 ---
 
 ELASTICSEARCH_VERSION:
+  - 8.1.0-SNAPSHOT
   - 8.0.0-SNAPSHOT
-  - 7.x-SNAPSHOT
-  - 7.14-SNAPSHOT
-  - 7.11-SNAPSHOT
 
 PANDAS_VERSION:
   - 1.2.0
   - 1.3.0
 
 PYTHON_VERSION:
+  - 3.10
   - 3.9
   - 3.8
   - 3.7