diff --git a/salt/elasticsearch/files/ingest/suricata.common b/salt/elasticsearch/files/ingest/suricata.common
index 435f845c1..2bc727012 100644
--- a/salt/elasticsearch/files/ingest/suricata.common
+++ b/salt/elasticsearch/files/ingest/suricata.common
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
     { "rename":{ "field": "message2.event_type",		"target_field": "dataset",		"ignore_failure": true 	} },
     { "set":         { "field": "observer.name",        "value": "{{agent.name}}"  } },
     { "set":         { "field": "ingest.timestamp",        "value": "{{@timestamp}}"  } },
-    { "set":         { "field": "@timestamp",        "value": "{{message2.timestamp}}"  } },
+    { "date": { "field": "message2.timestamp", "target_field": "@timestamp", "formats": ["ISO8601", "UNIX"], "timezone": "UTC", "ignore_failure": true } },
     { "remove":{ "field": "agent", 						"ignore_failure": true	} },
     { "pipeline": { "name": "suricata.{{dataset}}" } }
   ]