diff --git a/salt/elasticsearch/files/log4j2.properties b/salt/elasticsearch/files/log4j2.properties
index 050071581..a938b6247 100644
--- a/salt/elasticsearch/files/log4j2.properties
+++ b/salt/elasticsearch/files/log4j2.properties
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@ appender.rolling.strategy.type = DefaultRolloverStrategy
 appender.rolling.strategy.action.type = Delete
 appender.rolling.strategy.action.basepath = /var/log/elasticsearch
 appender.rolling.strategy.action.condition.type = IfFileName
-appender.rolling.strategy.action.condition.glob = *.log.gz
+# age delete regular securityonion.log.gz and gc.log.NN files
+appender.rolling.strategy.action.condition.regex = (?:.*[.]log[.]gz|gc[.]log[.][0-9]+)
 appender.rolling.strategy.action.condition.nested_condition.type = IfLastModified
 appender.rolling.strategy.action.condition.nested_condition.age = 7D