diff --git a/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-image-common b/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-image-common
index 63d034608..c3ec07148 100755
--- a/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-image-common
+++ b/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-image-common
@@ -113,7 +113,8 @@ update_docker_containers() {
   fi
 
   # all the containers using ELASTICSEARCHDEFAULTS.elasticsearch.version
-  local CONTAINERS_USING_ES_VERSION=("so-elastic-fleet-package-registry" "so-elastic-agent" "so-kibana" "so-logstash" "so-elasticsearch")
+  # does not include so-elastic-fleet since that container uses so-elastic-agent image
+  local IMAGES_USING_ES_VERSION=("so-elastic-fleet-package-registry" "so-elastic-agent" "so-kibana" "so-logstash" "so-elasticsearch")
 
   rm -rf $SIGNPATH >> "$LOG_FILE" 2>&1 
   mkdir -p $SIGNPATH >> "$LOG_FILE" 2>&1 
@@ -143,7 +144,7 @@ update_docker_containers() {
     fi
 
     # use version defined in elasticsearch defaults.yaml if an es container
-    if [[ " ${CONTAINERS_USING_ES_VERSION[*]} " =~ [[:space:]]${i}[[:space:]] ]]; then
+    if [[ " ${IMAGES_USING_ES_VERSION[*]} " =~ [[:space:]]${i}[[:space:]] ]]; then
       local UPDATE_DIR='/tmp/sogh/securityonion'
       local v1=0
       local v2=0
diff --git a/salt/elasticsearch/soc_elasticsearch.yaml b/salt/elasticsearch/soc_elasticsearch.yaml
index f59b0c22b..3a177f255 100644
--- a/salt/elasticsearch/soc_elasticsearch.yaml
+++ b/salt/elasticsearch/soc_elasticsearch.yaml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ elasticsearch:
     description: You can enable or disable Elasticsearch.
     helpLink: elasticsearch.html
   version:
-    description: The version of Elasticsearch
+    description: "This specifies the version of the following containers: so-elastic-fleet-package-registry, so-elastic-agent, so-elastic-fleet, so-kibana, so-logstash and so-elasticsearch. Modifying this value in the Elasticsearch defaults.yaml will result in catastrophic grid failure."
     readonly: True
     global: True
     advanced: True