diff --git a/salt/manager/tools/sbin/soup b/salt/manager/tools/sbin/soup
index 94fb1305f..2068a8bb6 100755
--- a/salt/manager/tools/sbin/soup
+++ b/salt/manager/tools/sbin/soup
@@ -1359,11 +1359,12 @@ verify_es_version_compatibility() {
     local is_active_intermediate_upgrade=1
     # supported upgrade paths for SO-ES versions
     declare -A es_upgrade_map=(
-        ["8.18.4"]="8.18.6 8.18.8 9.0.8"
+      ["8.18.4"]="8.18.6 8.18.8 9.0.8"
 	    ["8.18.6"]="8.18.8 9.0.8"
 	    ["8.18.8"]="9.0.8"
-        ["9.0.8"]="9.3.3 9.3.7"
-        ["9.3.3"]="9.3.7"
+      ["9.0.8"]="9.3.3 9.3.7 9.4.5"
+      ["9.3.3"]="9.3.7 9.4.5"
+      ["9.3.7"]="9.4.5"
     )
 
     # Elasticsearch MUST upgrade through these versions