diff --git a/public/components/event_analytics/redux/slices/query_slice.ts b/public/components/event_analytics/redux/slices/query_slice.ts
index bdbbaea607..cb619977fc 100644
--- a/public/components/event_analytics/redux/slices/query_slice.ts
+++ b/public/components/event_analytics/redux/slices/query_slice.ts
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ const initialQueryState = {
   [PATTERN_REGEX]: PPL_DEFAULT_PATTERN_REGEX_FILETER,
   [FILTERED_PATTERN]: '',
   [SELECTED_TIMESTAMP]: '',
-  [SELECTED_DATE_RANGE]: ['now-15m', 'now'],
+  [SELECTED_DATE_RANGE]: ['now-40y', 'now'],
   [OLLY_QUERY_ASSISTANT]: '',
 };