diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/data_enhanced/server/search/es_search_strategy.test.ts b/x-pack/plugins/data_enhanced/server/search/es_search_strategy.test.ts
index 88c576c70bdf0..a8a42fe11e7ce 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/data_enhanced/server/search/es_search_strategy.test.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/data_enhanced/server/search/es_search_strategy.test.ts
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ describe('ES search strategy', () => {
     expect(mockApiCaller.mock.calls[0][0]).toBe('transport.request');
     const { method, path, body } = mockApiCaller.mock.calls[0][1];
     expect(method).toBe('POST');
-    expect(path).toBe('logstash-*/_async_search');
+    expect(path).toBe('/logstash-*/_async_search');
     expect(body).toEqual({ query: {} });
   });
 
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ describe('ES search strategy', () => {
     expect(mockApiCaller.mock.calls[0][0]).toBe('transport.request');
     const { method, path, body } = mockApiCaller.mock.calls[0][1];
     expect(method).toBe('GET');
-    expect(path).toBe('_async_search/foo');
+    expect(path).toBe('/_async_search/foo');
     expect(body).toEqual(undefined);
   });
 
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ describe('ES search strategy', () => {
     expect(mockApiCaller.mock.calls[0][0]).toBe('transport.request');
     const { method, path } = mockApiCaller.mock.calls[0][1];
     expect(method).toBe('POST');
-    expect(path).toBe('foo-%E7%A8%8B/_async_search');
+    expect(path).toBe('/foo-%E7%A8%8B/_async_search');
   });
 
   it('calls the rollup API if the index is a rollup type', async () => {
@@ -139,6 +139,6 @@ describe('ES search strategy', () => {
     expect(mockApiCaller.mock.calls[0][0]).toBe('transport.request');
     const { method, path } = mockApiCaller.mock.calls[0][1];
     expect(method).toBe('POST');
-    expect(path).toBe('foo-%E7%A8%8B/_rollup_search');
+    expect(path).toBe('/foo-%E7%A8%8B/_rollup_search');
   });
 });
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/data_enhanced/server/search/es_search_strategy.ts b/x-pack/plugins/data_enhanced/server/search/es_search_strategy.ts
index 301f184af7d81..6b329bccab4a7 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/data_enhanced/server/search/es_search_strategy.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/data_enhanced/server/search/es_search_strategy.ts
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ export const enhancedEsSearchStrategyProvider: TSearchStrategyProvider<typeof ES
 
   const cancel: ISearchCancel<typeof ES_SEARCH_STRATEGY> = async id => {
     const method = 'DELETE';
-    const path = encodeURI(`_async_search/${id}`);
+    const path = encodeURI(`/_async_search/${id}`);
     await caller('transport.request', { method, path });
   };
 
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ async function asyncSearch(
   const { body = undefined, index = undefined, ...queryParams } = request.id ? {} : params;
 
   const method = request.id ? 'GET' : 'POST';
-  const path = encodeURI(request.id ? `_async_search/${request.id}` : `${index}/_async_search`);
+  const path = encodeURI(request.id ? `/_async_search/${request.id}` : `/${index}/_async_search`);
 
   // Wait up to 1s for the response to return
   const query = toSnakeCase({ waitForCompletionTimeout: '1s', ...queryParams });
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ async function rollupSearch(
 ) {
   const { body, index, ...params } = request.params;
   const method = 'POST';
-  const path = encodeURI(`${index}/_rollup_search`);
+  const path = encodeURI(`/${index}/_rollup_search`);
   const query = toSnakeCase(params);
 
   const rawResponse = await ((caller(