diff --git a/salt/elasticsearch/roles/analyst.json b/salt/elasticsearch/roles/analyst.json
index 2fd10ab474..90ff95ad48 100644
--- a/salt/elasticsearch/roles/analyst.json
+++ b/salt/elasticsearch/roles/analyst.json
@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@
         "monitor",
         "read",
         "read_cross_cluster",
-        "view_index_metadata"
+        "view_index_metadata",
+        "write"
       ]
     }
   ],