diff --git a/salt/elasticsearch/defaults.yaml b/salt/elasticsearch/defaults.yaml
index b5031b9b2..9eb4b4901 100644
--- a/salt/elasticsearch/defaults.yaml
+++ b/salt/elasticsearch/defaults.yaml
@@ -292,8 +292,8 @@ elasticsearch:
         - assistant-chat-settings
         ignore_missing_component_templates: []
         index_patterns:
-        - so-assistant-chat*
-        priority: 500
+        - so-assistant-chat-*
+        priority: 501
         template:
           mappings:
             date_detection: false
@@ -329,8 +329,8 @@ elasticsearch:
         - assistant-session-settings
         ignore_missing_component_templates: []
         index_patterns:
-        - so-assistant-session*
-        priority: 500
+        - so-assistant-session-*
+        priority: 501
         template:
           mappings:
             date_detection: false