diff --git a/salt/elasticsearch/defaults.yaml b/salt/elasticsearch/defaults.yaml
index 36d673d70..36f44ac07 100644
--- a/salt/elasticsearch/defaults.yaml
+++ b/salt/elasticsearch/defaults.yaml
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ elasticsearch:
                   limit: 1500
               number_of_replicas: 0
               number_of_shards: 1
-              refresh_interval: 30s
+              refresh_interval: 1s
               sort:
                 field: '@timestamp'
                 order: desc