diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/upgrade_assistant/server/lib/__fixtures__/fake_deprecations.json b/x-pack/plugins/upgrade_assistant/server/lib/__fixtures__/fake_deprecations.json
index 438c5c3246ddf..9779c693d72ce 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/upgrade_assistant/server/lib/__fixtures__/fake_deprecations.json
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/upgrade_assistant/server/lib/__fixtures__/fake_deprecations.json
@@ -13,7 +13,14 @@
       "details": "{.monitoring-logstash=[Coercion of boolean fields], .monitoring-es=[Coercion of boolean fields], .ml-anomalies-=[Coercion of boolean fields], .watch-history-6=[Coercion of boolean fields], .monitoring-kibana=[Coercion of boolean fields], security-index-template=[Coercion of boolean fields]}"
     }
   ],
-  "node_settings": [],
+  "node_settings": [
+    {
+      "level": "critical",
+      "message": "A node-level issue",
+      "url": "http://nodeissue.com",
+      "details": "This node thing is wrong"
+    }
+  ],
   "index_settings": {
     ".monitoring-es-6-2018.11.07": [
       {
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/upgrade_assistant/server/lib/__snapshots__/es_migration_apis.test.ts.snap b/x-pack/plugins/upgrade_assistant/server/lib/__snapshots__/es_migration_apis.test.ts.snap
index cb0e134a95c96..882911a44bfaf 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/upgrade_assistant/server/lib/__snapshots__/es_migration_apis.test.ts.snap
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/upgrade_assistant/server/lib/__snapshots__/es_migration_apis.test.ts.snap
@@ -15,6 +15,12 @@ Object {
       "message": "one or more templates use deprecated mapping settings",
       "url": "https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/6.0/breaking_60_indices_changes.html",
     },
+    Object {
+      "details": "This node thing is wrong",
+      "level": "critical",
+      "message": "A node-level issue",
+      "url": "http://nodeissue.com",
+    },
   ],
   "indices": Array [
     Object {
@@ -60,6 +66,5 @@ Object {
       "url": "https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/6.0/breaking_60_mappings_changes.html#_coercion_of_boolean_fields",
     },
   ],
-  "nodes": Array [],
 }
 `;
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/upgrade_assistant/server/lib/es_migration_apis.ts b/x-pack/plugins/upgrade_assistant/server/lib/es_migration_apis.ts
index 0178eebb16cc0..0e23314b3648b 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/upgrade_assistant/server/lib/es_migration_apis.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/upgrade_assistant/server/lib/es_migration_apis.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ export interface EnrichedDeprecationInfo extends DeprecationInfo {
 
 export interface UpgradeAssistantStatus {
   cluster: EnrichedDeprecationInfo[];
-  nodes: EnrichedDeprecationInfo[];
   indices: EnrichedDeprecationInfo[];
 
   [checkupType: string]: EnrichedDeprecationInfo[];
@@ -37,8 +36,7 @@ export async function getUpgradeAssistantStatus(
   })) as DeprecationAPIResponse;
 
   return {
-    cluster: deprecations.cluster_settings,
-    nodes: deprecations.node_settings,
+    cluster: deprecations.cluster_settings.concat(deprecations.node_settings),
     indices: getCombinedIndexInfos(deprecations, basePath),
   };
 }