diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/authz/store/ReservedRolesStore.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/authz/store/ReservedRolesStore.java
index da45dd96dea..f886bd1a206 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/authz/store/ReservedRolesStore.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/authz/store/ReservedRolesStore.java
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ public class ReservedRolesStore implements BiConsumer<Set<String>, ActionListene
                         },
                         new RoleDescriptor.ApplicationResourcePrivileges[] {
                             RoleDescriptor.ApplicationResourcePrivileges.builder()
-                                .application("kibana-*").resources("*").privileges("reserved_ml").build()
+                                .application("kibana-*").resources("*").privileges("reserved_ml_user").build()
                         },
                         null, null, MetadataUtils.DEFAULT_RESERVED_METADATA, null))
                 .put("machine_learning_admin", new RoleDescriptor("machine_learning_admin", new String[] { "manage_ml" },
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ public class ReservedRolesStore implements BiConsumer<Set<String>, ActionListene
                         },
                         new RoleDescriptor.ApplicationResourcePrivileges[] {
                             RoleDescriptor.ApplicationResourcePrivileges.builder()
-                                .application("kibana-*").resources("*").privileges("reserved_ml").build()
+                                .application("kibana-*").resources("*").privileges("reserved_ml_admin").build()
                         },
                         null, null, MetadataUtils.DEFAULT_RESERVED_METADATA, null))
                 // DEPRECATED: to be removed in 9.0.0
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ public class ReservedRolesStore implements BiConsumer<Set<String>, ActionListene
                         },
                         new RoleDescriptor.ApplicationResourcePrivileges[] {
                             RoleDescriptor.ApplicationResourcePrivileges.builder()
-                                .application("kibana-*").resources("*").privileges("reserved_ml").build()
+                                .application("kibana-*").resources("*").privileges("reserved_ml_user").build()
                         }, null, null, MetadataUtils.DEFAULT_RESERVED_METADATA, null))
                 // DEPRECATED: to be removed in 9.0.0
                 .put("data_frame_transforms_user", new RoleDescriptor("data_frame_transforms_user",
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ public class ReservedRolesStore implements BiConsumer<Set<String>, ActionListene
                         },
                         new RoleDescriptor.ApplicationResourcePrivileges[] {
                             RoleDescriptor.ApplicationResourcePrivileges.builder()
-                                .application("kibana-*").resources("*").privileges("reserved_ml").build()
+                                .application("kibana-*").resources("*").privileges("reserved_ml_user").build()
                         }, null, null, MetadataUtils.DEFAULT_RESERVED_METADATA, null))
                 .put("transform_admin", new RoleDescriptor("transform_admin",
                         new String[] { "manage_transform" },
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/authz/store/ReservedRolesStoreTests.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/authz/store/ReservedRolesStoreTests.java
index 1eec8349b88..803bc234b5a 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/authz/store/ReservedRolesStoreTests.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/authz/store/ReservedRolesStoreTests.java
@@ -1168,13 +1168,13 @@ public class ReservedRolesStoreTests extends ESTestCase {
         assertThat(role.application().grants(
             new ApplicationPrivilege(kibanaApplicationWithRandomIndex, "app-foo", "foo"), "*"), is(false));
         assertThat(role.application().grants(
-            new ApplicationPrivilege(kibanaApplicationWithRandomIndex, "app-reserved_ml", "reserved_ml"), "*"), is(true));
+            new ApplicationPrivilege(kibanaApplicationWithRandomIndex, "app-reserved_ml", "reserved_ml_admin"), "*"), is(true));
 
         final String otherApplication = "logstash-" + randomAlphaOfLengthBetween(8, 24);
         assertThat(role.application().grants(
             new ApplicationPrivilege(otherApplication, "app-foo", "foo"), "*"), is(false));
         assertThat(role.application().grants(
-            new ApplicationPrivilege(otherApplication, "app-reserved_ml", "reserved_ml"), "*"), is(false));
+            new ApplicationPrivilege(otherApplication, "app-reserved_ml", "reserved_ml_admin"), "*"), is(false));
     }
 
     public void testMachineLearningUserRole() {
@@ -1256,13 +1256,13 @@ public class ReservedRolesStoreTests extends ESTestCase {
         assertThat(role.application().grants(
             new ApplicationPrivilege(kibanaApplicationWithRandomIndex, "app-foo", "foo"), "*"), is(false));
         assertThat(role.application().grants(
-            new ApplicationPrivilege(kibanaApplicationWithRandomIndex, "app-reserved_ml", "reserved_ml"), "*"), is(true));
+            new ApplicationPrivilege(kibanaApplicationWithRandomIndex, "app-reserved_ml", "reserved_ml_user"), "*"), is(true));
 
         final String otherApplication = "logstash-" + randomAlphaOfLengthBetween(8, 24);
         assertThat(role.application().grants(
             new ApplicationPrivilege(otherApplication, "app-foo", "foo"), "*"), is(false));
         assertThat(role.application().grants(
-            new ApplicationPrivilege(otherApplication, "app-reserved_ml", "reserved_ml"), "*"), is(false));
+            new ApplicationPrivilege(otherApplication, "app-reserved_ml", "reserved_ml_user"), "*"), is(false));
     }
 
     public void testTransformAdminRole() {
@@ -1304,8 +1304,8 @@ public class ReservedRolesStoreTests extends ESTestCase {
                 new ApplicationPrivilege(kibanaApplicationWithRandomIndex, "app-foo", "foo"), "*"), is(false));
 
             if (roleDescriptor.getName().equals("data_frame_transforms_admin")) {
-                assertThat(role.application()
-                    .grants(new ApplicationPrivilege(kibanaApplicationWithRandomIndex, "app-reserved_ml", "reserved_ml"), "*"), is(true));
+                assertThat(role.application().grants(
+                    new ApplicationPrivilege(kibanaApplicationWithRandomIndex, "app-reserved_ml", "reserved_ml_user"), "*"), is(true));
             }
 
             final String otherApplication = "logstash-" + randomAlphaOfLengthBetween(8, 24);
@@ -1313,7 +1313,7 @@ public class ReservedRolesStoreTests extends ESTestCase {
                 new ApplicationPrivilege(otherApplication, "app-foo", "foo"), "*"), is(false));
             if (roleDescriptor.getName().equals("data_frame_transforms_admin")) {
                 assertThat(role.application().grants(
-                        new ApplicationPrivilege(otherApplication, "app-reserved_ml", "reserved_ml"), "*"), is(false));
+                        new ApplicationPrivilege(otherApplication, "app-reserved_ml", "reserved_ml_user"), "*"), is(false));
             }
         }
     }
@@ -1358,7 +1358,7 @@ public class ReservedRolesStoreTests extends ESTestCase {
 
             if (roleDescriptor.getName().equals("data_frame_transforms_user")) {
                 assertThat(role.application().grants(
-                    new ApplicationPrivilege(kibanaApplicationWithRandomIndex, "app-reserved_ml", "reserved_ml"), "*"), is(true));
+                    new ApplicationPrivilege(kibanaApplicationWithRandomIndex, "app-reserved_ml", "reserved_ml_user"), "*"), is(true));
             }
 
             final String otherApplication = "logstash-" + randomAlphaOfLengthBetween(8, 24);
@@ -1366,7 +1366,7 @@ public class ReservedRolesStoreTests extends ESTestCase {
                 new ApplicationPrivilege(otherApplication, "app-foo", "foo"), "*"), is(false));
             if (roleDescriptor.getName().equals("data_frame_transforms_user")) {
                 assertThat(role.application().grants(
-                    new ApplicationPrivilege(otherApplication, "app-reserved_ml", "reserved_ml"), "*"), is(false));
+                    new ApplicationPrivilege(otherApplication, "app-reserved_ml", "reserved_ml_user"), "*"), is(false));
             }
         }
     }