diff --git a/salt/elasticsearch/template.map.jinja b/salt/elasticsearch/template.map.jinja
index 72be1ec58..c460f4ab1 100644
--- a/salt/elasticsearch/template.map.jinja
+++ b/salt/elasticsearch/template.map.jinja
@@ -109,9 +109,15 @@
 {%     if not settings.get('index_sorting', False) | to_bool and settings.index_template.template.settings.index.sort is defined %}
 {%       do settings.index_template.template.settings.index.pop('sort') %}
 {%     endif %}
-{%     if DATA_RETENTION_METHOD == 'DLM' and settings.index_template.data_stream is defined and settings.data_stream_lifecycle is defined %}
-{%       if settings.data_stream_lifecycle.data_retention is defined and settings.data_stream_lifecycle.data_retention %}
-{%         do settings.index_template.template.update({'lifecycle': {'data_retention': settings.data_stream_lifecycle.data_retention}}) %}
+{%     if DATA_RETENTION_METHOD == 'DLM' and settings.index_template.data_stream is defined %}
+{#       Addon defaults are generated without data_stream_lifecycle, so fall back to global defaults. #}
+{%       if settings.data_stream_lifecycle is defined %}
+{%         set DATA_STREAM_LIFECYCLE = settings.data_stream_lifecycle %}
+{%       else %}
+{%         set DATA_STREAM_LIFECYCLE = DEFAULT_GLOBAL_OVERRIDES.data_stream_lifecycle %}
+{%       endif %}
+{%       if DATA_STREAM_LIFECYCLE.data_retention is defined and DATA_STREAM_LIFECYCLE.data_retention %}
+{%         do settings.index_template.template.update({'lifecycle': {'data_retention': DATA_STREAM_LIFECYCLE.data_retention}}) %}
 {%       else %}
 {%         do settings.index_template.template.update({'lifecycle': {}}) %}
 {%       endif %}