diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/resources/security-index-template.json b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/resources/security-index-template.json
index dd17baf04740f..bac5930c0d5c9 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/resources/security-index-template.json
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/resources/security-index-template.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   "settings" : {
     "number_of_shards" : 1,
     "number_of_replicas" : 0,
-    "auto_expand_replicas" : "0-all",
+    "auto_expand_replicas" : "0-1",
     "index.priority": 1000,
     "index.format": 6,
     "analysis" : {