diff --git a/salt/elasticsearch/templates/so/so-common-template.json b/salt/elasticsearch/templates/so/so-common-template.json
index ebf123fed..c1f0a6755 100644
--- a/salt/elasticsearch/templates/so/so-common-template.json
+++ b/salt/elasticsearch/templates/so/so-common-template.json
@@ -267,9 +267,14 @@
         },
         "ingest":{
           "type":"object",
-          "dynamic": true
+          "dynamic": true,
+          "properties":{
+            "timestamp":{
+              "type":"date"
+            }
+          }
         },
-        "intel":{
+	"intel":{
           "type":"object",
           "dynamic": true,
           "properties":{