diff --git a/salt/elasticsearch/templates/so/so-common-template.json.jinja b/salt/elasticsearch/templates/so/so-common-template.json.jinja
index 3e1fa21e5..11871bfc6 100644
--- a/salt/elasticsearch/templates/so/so-common-template.json.jinja
+++ b/salt/elasticsearch/templates/so/so-common-template.json.jinja
@@ -397,7 +397,12 @@
             },
 	    "severity_label": {
               "ignore_above": 1024,
-              "type": "keyword"
+              "type": "keyword".
+	      "fields": {
+                "keyword": {
+                  "type": "keyword"
+                }
+              }
             },
             "start": {
               "type": "date"