diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/monitoring/src/main/resources/monitoring/watches/elasticsearch_version_mismatch.json b/x-pack/plugin/monitoring/src/main/resources/monitoring/watches/elasticsearch_version_mismatch.json
index 05fa83966237b..e3f3ed9466933 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/monitoring/src/main/resources/monitoring/watches/elasticsearch_version_mismatch.json
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/monitoring/src/main/resources/monitoring/watches/elasticsearch_version_mismatch.json
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
                       "filter": [
                         {
                           "term": {
-                            "_id": "{{ctx.metadata.xpack.cluster_uuid}}"
+                            "cluster_uuid": "{{ctx.metadata.xpack.cluster_uuid}}"
                           }
                         },
                         {