diff --git a/x-pack/solutions/observability/plugins/synthetics/common/requests/get_certs_request_body.ts b/x-pack/solutions/observability/plugins/synthetics/common/requests/get_certs_request_body.ts
index af68caac2d413..79f6d88384404 100644
--- a/x-pack/solutions/observability/plugins/synthetics/common/requests/get_certs_request_body.ts
+++ b/x-pack/solutions/observability/plugins/synthetics/common/requests/get_certs_request_body.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,11 @@
 
 import type { estypes } from '@elastic/elasticsearch';
 import DateMath from '@kbn/datemath';
-import { EXCLUDE_RUN_ONCE_FILTER, FINAL_SUMMARY_FILTER } from '../constants/client_defaults';
+import {
+  EXCLUDE_RUN_ONCE_FILTER,
+  FINAL_SUMMARY_FILTER,
+  getRangeFilter,
+} from '../constants/client_defaults';
 import type { CertificatesResults } from '../../server/queries/get_certs';
 import { CertResult, GetCertsParams, Ping } from '../runtime_types';
 import { createEsQuery } from '../utils/es_search';
@@ -46,7 +50,7 @@ export const getCertsRequestBody = ({
 }: GetCertsParams) => {
   const sort = SortFields[sortBy as keyof typeof SortFields];
 
-  const searchRequest = createEsQuery({
+  return createEsQuery({
     from: (pageIndex ?? 0) * size,
     size,
     sort: asMutableArray([
@@ -88,6 +92,11 @@ export const getCertsRequestBody = ({
               field: 'tls.server.hash.sha256',
             },
           },
+          // fetch large enough date range to cover the last 7 days, no particular reason for 7 days
+          getRangeFilter({
+            from: 'now-7d',
+            to: 'now',
+          }),
           {
             range: {
               'monitor.timespan': {
@@ -172,8 +181,6 @@ export const getCertsRequestBody = ({
       },
     },
   });
-
-  return searchRequest;
 };
 
 export const processCertsResult = (result: CertificatesResults): CertResult => {
diff --git a/x-pack/solutions/observability/plugins/uptime/common/constants/client_defaults.ts b/x-pack/solutions/observability/plugins/uptime/common/constants/client_defaults.ts
index f627180991025..30d68c2f81307 100644
--- a/x-pack/solutions/observability/plugins/uptime/common/constants/client_defaults.ts
+++ b/x-pack/solutions/observability/plugins/uptime/common/constants/client_defaults.ts
@@ -81,3 +81,12 @@ export const getTimeSpanFilter = () => ({
     },
   },
 });
+
+export const getRangeFilter = ({ from, to }: { from: string; to: string }) => ({
+  range: {
+    '@timestamp': {
+      gte: from,
+      lte: to,
+    },
+  },
+});
diff --git a/x-pack/solutions/observability/plugins/uptime/common/requests/get_certs_request_body.ts b/x-pack/solutions/observability/plugins/uptime/common/requests/get_certs_request_body.ts
index a72e391f104bb..52f3ff0f3446c 100644
--- a/x-pack/solutions/observability/plugins/uptime/common/requests/get_certs_request_body.ts
+++ b/x-pack/solutions/observability/plugins/uptime/common/requests/get_certs_request_body.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,11 @@
 
 import type { estypes } from '@elastic/elasticsearch';
 import DateMath from '@kbn/datemath';
-import { EXCLUDE_RUN_ONCE_FILTER, SUMMARY_FILTER } from '../constants/client_defaults';
+import {
+  EXCLUDE_RUN_ONCE_FILTER,
+  SUMMARY_FILTER,
+  getRangeFilter,
+} from '../constants/client_defaults';
 import { CertResult, GetCertsParams, Ping } from '../runtime_types';
 import { createEsQuery } from '../utils/es_search';
 
@@ -88,6 +92,10 @@ export const getCertsRequestBody = ({
               field: 'tls.server.hash.sha256',
             },
           },
+          getRangeFilter({
+            from: 'now-7d',
+            to: 'now',
+          }),
           {
             range: {
               'monitor.timespan': {
diff --git a/x-pack/solutions/observability/plugins/uptime/server/legacy_uptime/lib/requests/get_certs.test.ts b/x-pack/solutions/observability/plugins/uptime/server/legacy_uptime/lib/requests/get_certs.test.ts
index 7c6aa1fed6be3..460acd930017c 100644
--- a/x-pack/solutions/observability/plugins/uptime/server/legacy_uptime/lib/requests/get_certs.test.ts
+++ b/x-pack/solutions/observability/plugins/uptime/server/legacy_uptime/lib/requests/get_certs.test.ts
@@ -203,6 +203,14 @@ describe('getCerts', () => {
                       "field": "tls.server.hash.sha256",
                     },
                   },
+                  Object {
+                    "range": Object {
+                      "@timestamp": Object {
+                        "gte": "now-7d",
+                        "lte": "now",
+                      },
+                    },
+                  },
                   Object {
                     "range": Object {
                       "monitor.timespan": Object {