diff --git a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/siem/public/components/timeline/timeline.tsx b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/siem/public/components/timeline/timeline.tsx
index fdf8381685118..efab2ac52a0b6 100644
--- a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/siem/public/components/timeline/timeline.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/siem/public/components/timeline/timeline.tsx
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ export const Timeline = React.memo<Props>(
       indexPattern,
       browserFields,
       filters: [],
-      kqlQuery: { query: kqlQueryExpression, language: 'keury' },
+      kqlQuery: { query: kqlQueryExpression, language: 'kuery' },
       kqlMode,
       start,
       end,