diff --git a/salt/elasticsearch/defaults.yaml b/salt/elasticsearch/defaults.yaml
index 8fc244d6c..7c506a9d2 100644
--- a/salt/elasticsearch/defaults.yaml
+++ b/salt/elasticsearch/defaults.yaml
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ elasticsearch:
           - file
           - jar
         allowed_urls: []
-        url: http:
+        url: "http:"
     action:
       auto_create_index: true
       search:
@@ -514,8 +514,7 @@ elasticsearch:
                 - RUN_AS_DENIED
                 - RUN_AS_GRANTED
                 - SECURITY_CONFIG_CHANGE
-              exclude:
-              []
+              exclude: []
             emit_node_host_address: false
         authc:
           password_hashing:
@@ -618,8 +617,8 @@ elasticsearch:
             keystore:
               alias:
         slo_endpoint:
-          post: https:
-          redirect: https:
+          post: "https:"
+          redirect: "https:"
         defaults:
           nameid_format: urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:nameid-format:transient
           authn_expiry: 5m
@@ -632,10 +631,10 @@ elasticsearch:
         organization:
           display_name:
           name:
-          url: http:
+          url: "http:"
         sso_endpoint:
-          post: https:
-          redirect: https:
+          post: "https:"
+          redirect: "https:"
         entity_id:
         signing:
           keystore:
@@ -658,7 +657,7 @@ elasticsearch:
           scheme:
           port: 0
         whitelist:
-          - *
+          - "*"
         default_read_timeout: 10s
         max_response_size: 10mb
       autoscaling: