diff --git a/plugin/src/main/resources/logstash-index-template.json b/plugin/src/main/resources/logstash-index-template.json
index 462e355ff88..d62c8111ad0 100644
--- a/plugin/src/main/resources/logstash-index-template.json
+++ b/plugin/src/main/resources/logstash-index-template.json
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   "settings": {
     "index": {
       "number_of_shards": 1,
-      "number_of_replicas": 1,
+      "auto_expand_replicas": "0-1",
       "codec": "best_compression"
     }
   },