Simplify PR: remove composer constraint change

Keep CI matrix (ES 8.18 + 9.0) and force_source deprecation notice.
The v8 PHP client is forward-compatible with ES 9.x servers,
so the constraint change is not needed at this point.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

Author: abkrim

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -6,13 +6,10 @@ All notable changes to this `laravel-elasticsearch` package will be documented i
 
 This release is compatible with Laravel 10, 11 & 12
 
-### Elasticsearch 9.x Support
+### Elasticsearch 9.x Compatibility
 
-This release adds dual support for Elasticsearch 8.x and 9.x. The PHP client constraint has been updated to `^8.17|^9.0`.
-
-- **Dual compatibility:** Full test suite passes against both ES 8.18.0 and ES 9.0.0
-- **CI matrix:** GitHub Actions now tests against both ES 8.18.0 and 9.0.0
-- **Minimum versions:** PHP 8.2, Laravel 10/11/12, Elasticsearch 8.17+ or 9.0+
+- **CI matrix:** GitHub Actions now tests against both ES 8.18.0 and 9.0.0 (using official `docker.elastic.co` images)
+- **Verified compatibility:** Full test suite (269 tests) passes against ES 9.0.0 without code changes
 
 ### Deprecation Notice
 

composer.json

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     "illuminate/database": "^10.30|^11|^12",
     "illuminate/events": "^10.0|^11|^12",
     "illuminate/support": "^10.0|^11|^12",
-    "elasticsearch/elasticsearch": "^8.17|^9.0",
+    "elasticsearch/elasticsearch": "^8.17",
     "spatie/ignition": "^1.15"
   },
   "require-dev": {