diff --git a/salt/elasticsearch/defaults.yaml b/salt/elasticsearch/defaults.yaml
index dc8f97e44..cd8ff9397 100644
--- a/salt/elasticsearch/defaults.yaml
+++ b/salt/elasticsearch/defaults.yaml
@@ -9107,7 +9107,13 @@ elasticsearch:
     so-import:
       config:
         node:
-          roles: []
+          roles:
+          - master
+          - data
+          - data_hot
+          - ingest
+          - transform
+          - remote_cluster_client
     so-manager:
       config:
         node: