diff --git a/salt/elasticsearch/defaults.yaml b/salt/elasticsearch/defaults.yaml
index f2bb90792..03fc3facf 100644
--- a/salt/elasticsearch/defaults.yaml
+++ b/salt/elasticsearch/defaults.yaml
@@ -4067,7 +4067,7 @@ elasticsearch:
                 field: "@timestamp"
                 order: desc
               refresh_interval: 30s
-              number_of_shards: 1
+              number_of_shards: 2
               number_of_replicas: 0
         composed_of: 
           - agent-mappings