diff --git a/salt/elasticsearch/roles/limited-analyst.json b/salt/elasticsearch/roles/limited-analyst.json
index 9186b732ec..6511e5f447 100644
--- a/salt/elasticsearch/roles/limited-analyst.json
+++ b/salt/elasticsearch/roles/limited-analyst.json
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@
         "monitor",
         "read",
         "read_cross_cluster",
-        "view_index_metadata"
+        "view_index_metadata",
+        "write"
       ]
     }
   ],