diff --git a/salt/elasticsearch/files/log4j2.properties b/salt/elasticsearch/files/log4j2.properties
index 0a337e751..305069882 100644
--- a/salt/elasticsearch/files/log4j2.properties
+++ b/salt/elasticsearch/files/log4j2.properties
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ appender.rolling.strategy.type = DefaultRolloverStrategy
 appender.rolling.strategy.action.type = Delete
 appender.rolling.strategy.action.basepath = /var/log/elasticsearch
 appender.rolling.strategy.action.condition.type = IfFileName
-appender.rolling.strategy.action.condition.glob = *.gz
+appender.rolling.strategy.action.condition.glob = *.log.gz
 appender.rolling.strategy.action.condition.nested_condition.type = IfLastModified
 appender.rolling.strategy.action.condition.nested_condition.age = 7D
 
@@ -29,19 +29,13 @@ appender.rolling_json.name = rolling_json
 appender.rolling_json.fileName = ${sys:es.logs.base_path}${sys:file.separator}${sys:es.logs.cluster_name}.json
 appender.rolling_json.layout.type = ECSJsonLayout
 appender.rolling_json.layout.dataset = elasticsearch.server
-appender.rolling_json.filePattern = ${sys:es.logs.base_path}${sys:file.separator}${sys:es.logs.cluster_name}-%d{yyyy-MM-dd}-%i.json.gz
+appender.rolling_json.filePattern = ${sys:es.logs.base_path}${sys:file.separator}${sys:es.logs.cluster_name}-%d{yyyy-MM-dd}.json.gz
 appender.rolling_json.policies.type = Policies
 appender.rolling_json.policies.time.type = TimeBasedTriggeringPolicy
 appender.rolling_json.policies.time.interval = 1
 appender.rolling_json.policies.time.modulate = true
 appender.rolling_json.strategy.type = DefaultRolloverStrategy
-appender.rolling_json.strategy.action.type = Delete
-appender.rolling_json.strategy.action.basepath = /var/log/elasticsearch
-appender.rolling_json.strategy.action.condition.type = IfFileName
-appender.rolling_json.strategy.action.condition.glob = *.gz
-appender.rolling_json.strategy.action.condition.nested_condition.type = IfLastModified
-appender.rolling_json.strategy.action.condition.nested_condition.age = 7D
-
+appender.rolling_json.strategy.max = 1
 
 rootLogger.level = info
 rootLogger.appenderRef.rolling.ref = rolling