diff --git a/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup b/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup
index e72c7806c..527bf1fc2 100755
--- a/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup
+++ b/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup
@@ -832,7 +832,7 @@ up_to_2.3.140() {
   COUNT=0
   ELASTICSEARCH_CONNECTED="no" 
   while [[ "$COUNT" -le 240 ]]; do
-    so-elasticsearch-query -k --output /dev/null
+    so-elasticsearch-query / -k --output /dev/null
       if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
         ELASTICSEARCH_CONNECTED="yes"
         echo "connected!"
diff --git a/salt/elasticsearch/tools/sbin/so-elasticsearch-templates-load b/salt/elasticsearch/tools/sbin/so-elasticsearch-templates-load
index 93c1c6298..e776e84a0 100644
--- a/salt/elasticsearch/tools/sbin/so-elasticsearch-templates-load
+++ b/salt/elasticsearch/tools/sbin/so-elasticsearch-templates-load
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ echo -n "Waiting for ElasticSearch..."
 COUNT=0
 ELASTICSEARCH_CONNECTED="no"
 while [[ "$COUNT" -le 240 ]]; do
-      so-elasticsearch-query -k --output /dev/null --silent --head --fail
+      so-elasticsearch-query / -k --output /dev/null --silent --head --fail
 	if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
 		ELASTICSEARCH_CONNECTED="yes"
 		echo "connected!"