diff --git a/salt/manager/tools/sbin/soup b/salt/manager/tools/sbin/soup
index f2e584bf6..59690c0bf 100755
--- a/salt/manager/tools/sbin/soup
+++ b/salt/manager/tools/sbin/soup
@@ -1125,7 +1125,6 @@ if [[ -f /opt/so/conf/soc/so-detections-backup.py ]]; then
     # Verify backup by comparing counts
     echo "Verifying detection overrides backup..."
     es_override_count=$(/sbin/so-elasticsearch-query 'so-detection/_count' \
-       -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
        -d '{"query": {"bool": {"must": [{"exists": {"field": "so_detection.overrides"}}]}}}' | jq -r '.count') || {
         echo "  Error: Failed to query Elasticsearch for override count"
         exit 1