diff --git a/component/alertrules.libsonnet b/component/alertrules.libsonnet
index a843b9c..6a6843d 100644
--- a/component/alertrules.libsonnet
+++ b/component/alertrules.libsonnet
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ local alertpatching = import 'lib/alert-patching.libsonnet';
 local com = import 'lib/commodore.libjsonnet';
 local kap = import 'lib/kapitan.libjsonnet';
 local kube = import 'lib/kube.libjsonnet';
+local utils = import 'utils.libsonnet';
 
 local inv = kap.inventory();
 local params = inv.parameters.openshift4_logging;
@@ -125,19 +126,11 @@ local prometheus_rules(name, groups, baseURL) = kube._Object('monitoring.coreos.
 
 // Elasticstack alerts
 
-local isVersion58 =
-  local major = std.split(params.version, '.')[0];
-  local minor = std.split(params.version, '.')[1];
-  if major == 'master' then true
-  else if std.parseInt(major) >= 6 then true
-  else if std.parseInt(major) == 5 && std.parseInt(minor) >= 8 then true
-  else false;
-
 local esStorageGroup = {
   name: 'elasticsearch_node_storage.alerts',
   rules: [ predictESStorage ],
 };
-local fluentdGroup = if !isVersion58 then loadFile('fluentd_prometheus_alerts.yaml')[0].groups else [];
+local fluentdGroup = if !utils.isVersion58 then loadFile('fluentd_prometheus_alerts.yaml')[0].groups else [];
 
 local esGroups =
   loadFile('elasticsearch_operator_prometheus_alerts.yaml')[0].groups +
@@ -159,5 +152,5 @@ local collectorGroups = loadFile('collector_prometheus_alerts.yaml')[0].spec.gro
 {
   [if elasticsearch.enabled then '60_elasticsearch_alerts']: prometheus_rules('syn-elasticsearch-logging-rules', esGroups, esBaseURL),
   [if loki.enabled then '60_lokistack_alerts']: prometheus_rules('syn-loki-logging-rules', lokiGroups, lokiBaseURL),
-  [if isVersion58 then '60_collector_alerts']: prometheus_rules('syn-collector-rules', collectorGroups, ''),
+  [if utils.isVersion58 then '60_collector_alerts']: prometheus_rules('syn-collector-rules', collectorGroups, ''),
 }
diff --git a/component/main.jsonnet b/component/main.jsonnet
index 843e178..0e3a526 100644
--- a/component/main.jsonnet
+++ b/component/main.jsonnet
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ local com = import 'lib/commodore.libjsonnet';
 local kap = import 'lib/kapitan.libjsonnet';
 local kube = import 'lib/kube.libjsonnet';
 local operatorlib = import 'lib/openshift4-operators.libsonnet';
+local utils = import 'utils.libsonnet';
 
 local inv = kap.inventory();
 local params = inv.parameters.openshift4_logging;
@@ -62,10 +63,13 @@ local lokistack = if deployLokistack then operatorlib.managedSubscription(
   },
 };
 
+// With version 5.9 of the logging stack, elasticsearch is deprecated,
+// this will clamp elasticsearch-operator subscription to stable-5.8.
+local esChannel = if utils.isVersion59 then 'stable-5.8' else params.channel;
 local elasticsearch = if deployElasticsearch then operatorlib.managedSubscription(
   'openshift-operators-redhat',
   'elasticsearch-operator',
-  params.channel
+  esChannel
 ) {
   spec+: {
     config+: {
diff --git a/component/utils.libsonnet b/component/utils.libsonnet
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3475786
--- /dev/null
+++ b/component/utils.libsonnet
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+local kap = import 'lib/kapitan.libjsonnet';
+local kube = import 'lib/kube.libjsonnet';
+
+local inv = kap.inventory();
+local params = inv.parameters.openshift4_logging;
+
+local isVersion58 =
+  local major = std.split(params.version, '.')[0];
+  local minor = std.split(params.version, '.')[1];
+  if major == 'master' then true
+  else if std.parseInt(major) >= 6 then true
+  else if std.parseInt(major) == 5 && std.parseInt(minor) >= 8 then true
+  else false;
+
+local isVersion59 =
+  local major = std.split(params.version, '.')[0];
+  local minor = std.split(params.version, '.')[1];
+  if major == 'master' then true
+  else if std.parseInt(major) >= 6 then true
+  else if std.parseInt(major) == 5 && std.parseInt(minor) >= 9 then true
+  else false;
+
+{
+  isVersion58: isVersion58,
+  isVersion59: isVersion59,
+}
diff --git a/tests/golden/elasticsearch/openshift4-logging/openshift4-logging/20_subscriptions.yaml b/tests/golden/elasticsearch/openshift4-logging/openshift4-logging/20_subscriptions.yaml
index 8622bd6..f78b501 100644
--- a/tests/golden/elasticsearch/openshift4-logging/openshift4-logging/20_subscriptions.yaml
+++ b/tests/golden/elasticsearch/openshift4-logging/openshift4-logging/20_subscriptions.yaml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ metadata:
   name: elasticsearch-operator
   namespace: openshift-operators-redhat
 spec:
-  channel: stable-5.9
+  channel: stable-5.8
   config:
     resources:
       limits: