diff --git a/salt/elasticsearch/tools/sbin/so-elasticsearch-templates-load b/salt/elasticsearch/tools/sbin/so-elasticsearch-templates-load
index 1b6ac4685..93c1c6298 100755
--- a/salt/elasticsearch/tools/sbin/so-elasticsearch-templates-load
+++ b/salt/elasticsearch/tools/sbin/so-elasticsearch-templates-load
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ echo -n "Waiting for ElasticSearch..."
 COUNT=0
 ELASTICSEARCH_CONNECTED="no"
 while [[ "$COUNT" -le 240 ]]; do
-    {{ ELASTICCURL }} -k --output /dev/null --silent --head --fail -L https://"$ELASTICSEARCH_HOST":"$ELASTICSEARCH_PORT"
+      so-elasticsearch-query -k --output /dev/null --silent --head --fail
 	if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
 		ELASTICSEARCH_CONNECTED="yes"
 		echo "connected!"