diff --git a/salt/elasticsearch/defaults.yaml b/salt/elasticsearch/defaults.yaml
index 4f4f5a295..54cae64a9 100644
--- a/salt/elasticsearch/defaults.yaml
+++ b/salt/elasticsearch/defaults.yaml
@@ -121,6 +121,7 @@ elasticsearch:
             index:
               number_of_replicas: 0
         composed_of:
+          - "event-mappings"
           - "logs-system.auth@package"
           - "logs-system.auth@custom"
           - "so-fleet_globals-1"
@@ -139,6 +140,7 @@ elasticsearch:
             index:
               number_of_replicas: 0
         composed_of:
+          - "event-mappings"
           - "logs-system.syslog@package"
           - "logs-system.syslog@custom"
           - "so-fleet_globals-1"
@@ -157,6 +159,7 @@ elasticsearch:
             index:
               number_of_replicas: 0
         composed_of:
+          - "event-mappings"
           - "logs-system.application@package"
           - "logs-system.application@custom"
           - "so-fleet_globals-1"
@@ -175,6 +178,7 @@ elasticsearch:
             index:
               number_of_replicas: 0
         composed_of:
+          - "event-mappings"
           - "logs-system.security@package"
           - "logs-system.security@custom"
           - "so-fleet_globals-1"