diff --git a/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-user b/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-user
index 0f36deae2..ea278e941 100755
--- a/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-user
+++ b/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-user
@@ -221,6 +221,7 @@ function syncElastic() {
     if [[ -z "$SKIP_STATE_APPLY" ]]; then
       echo "Applying elastic state..."
       salt-call state.apply elasticsearch queue=True
+      salt -C 'G@role:so-node or G@role:so-heavynode' state.apply elasticsearch queue=True
     fi
   else
     echo "Generated users/roles files are incomplete; aborting."