diff --git a/salt/logstash/pipelines/config/so/9998_output_minio.conf.jinja b/salt/logstash/pipelines/config/so/9998_output_minio.conf.jinja
index e953c3521..a38d2cd44 100644
--- a/salt/logstash/pipelines/config/so/9998_output_minio.conf.jinja
+++ b/salt/logstash/pipelines/config/so/9998_output_minio.conf.jinja
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ output {
         encoding => {{ ENCODING }}
         upload_queue_size => {{ UPLOAD_QUEUE_SIZE }}
         temporary_directory => "/usr/share/logstash/data/tmp"
+        validate_credentials_on_root_bucket => false
         additional_settings => {
             "force_path_style" => true
             }