diff --git a/plugin/src/main/resources/monitoring/watches/elasticsearch_cluster_status.json b/plugin/src/main/resources/monitoring/watches/elasticsearch_cluster_status.json
index e5639c0bb1d..c0a13ea63a6 100644
--- a/plugin/src/main/resources/monitoring/watches/elasticsearch_cluster_status.json
+++ b/plugin/src/main/resources/monitoring/watches/elasticsearch_cluster_status.json
@@ -61,6 +61,13 @@
                               }
                             ]
                           }
+                        },
+                        {
+                          "range": {
+                            "timestamp": {
+                              "gte": "now-2m"
+                            }
+                          }
                         }
                       ]
                     }
diff --git a/plugin/src/main/resources/monitoring/watches/elasticsearch_version_mismatch.json b/plugin/src/main/resources/monitoring/watches/elasticsearch_version_mismatch.json
index 04328cdddb3..7e18c981f0f 100644
--- a/plugin/src/main/resources/monitoring/watches/elasticsearch_version_mismatch.json
+++ b/plugin/src/main/resources/monitoring/watches/elasticsearch_version_mismatch.json
@@ -54,6 +54,13 @@
                               }
                             ]
                           }
+                        },
+                        {
+                          "range": {
+                            "timestamp": {
+                              "gte": "now-2m"
+                            }
+                          }
                         }
                       ]
                     }
diff --git a/plugin/src/main/resources/monitoring/watches/xpack_license_expiration.json b/plugin/src/main/resources/monitoring/watches/xpack_license_expiration.json
index 2fa2a06249c..a05198a15eb 100644
--- a/plugin/src/main/resources/monitoring/watches/xpack_license_expiration.json
+++ b/plugin/src/main/resources/monitoring/watches/xpack_license_expiration.json
@@ -51,6 +51,13 @@
                           "term": {
                             "type": "cluster_stats"
                           }
+                        },
+                        {
+                          "range": {
+                            "timestamp": {
+                              "gte": "now-2m"
+                            }
+                          }
                         }
                       ]
                     }