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 d7b362ff8f7..128de820f6f 100644
--- a/plugin/src/main/resources/monitoring/watches/elasticsearch_cluster_status.json
+++ b/plugin/src/main/resources/monitoring/watches/elasticsearch_cluster_status.json
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
                       "filter": [
                         {
                           "term": {
-                            "cluster_uuid": "${monitoring.watch.cluster_uuid}"
+                            "cluster_uuid": "{{ctx.metadata.cluster_uuid}}"
                           }
                         },
                         {
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
                     "bool": {
                       "filter": {
                         "term": {
-                          "_id": "${monitoring.watch.unique_id}"
+                          "_id": "{{ctx.watch_id}}"
                         }
                       }
                     }
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 0991999476c..364b776f382 100644
--- a/plugin/src/main/resources/monitoring/watches/elasticsearch_version_mismatch.json
+++ b/plugin/src/main/resources/monitoring/watches/elasticsearch_version_mismatch.json
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
                       "filter": [
                         {
                           "term": {
-                            "_id": "${monitoring.watch.cluster_uuid}"
+                            "_id": "{{ctx.metadata.cluster_uuid}}"
                           }
                         },
                         {
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@
                     "bool": {
                       "filter": {
                         "term": {
-                          "_id": "${monitoring.watch.unique_id}"
+                          "_id": "{{ctx.watch_id}}"
                         }
                       }
                     }
diff --git a/plugin/src/main/resources/monitoring/watches/kibana_version_mismatch.json b/plugin/src/main/resources/monitoring/watches/kibana_version_mismatch.json
index 4f0d036f538..89a06496465 100644
--- a/plugin/src/main/resources/monitoring/watches/kibana_version_mismatch.json
+++ b/plugin/src/main/resources/monitoring/watches/kibana_version_mismatch.json
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
                       "filter": [
                         {
                           "term": {
-                            "cluster_uuid": "${monitoring.watch.cluster_uuid}"
+                            "cluster_uuid": "{{ctx.metadata.cluster_uuid}}"
                           }
                         },
                         {
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@
                     "bool": {
                       "filter": {
                         "term": {
-                          "_id": "${monitoring.watch.unique_id}"
+                          "_id": "{{ctx.watch_id}}"
                         }
                       }
                     }
diff --git a/plugin/src/main/resources/monitoring/watches/logstash_version_mismatch.json b/plugin/src/main/resources/monitoring/watches/logstash_version_mismatch.json
index cd1007339b0..4f2d3562a32 100644
--- a/plugin/src/main/resources/monitoring/watches/logstash_version_mismatch.json
+++ b/plugin/src/main/resources/monitoring/watches/logstash_version_mismatch.json
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
                       "filter": [
                         {
                           "term": {
-                            "cluster_uuid": "${monitoring.watch.cluster_uuid}"
+                            "cluster_uuid": "{{ctx.metadata.cluster_uuid}}"
                           }
                         },
                         {
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@
                     "bool": {
                       "filter": {
                         "term": {
-                          "_id": "${monitoring.watch.unique_id}"
+                          "_id": "{{ctx.watch_id}}"
                         }
                       }
                     }