diff --git a/roles/elastic-stack/ansible-elasticsearch/defaults/main.yml b/roles/elastic-stack/ansible-elasticsearch/defaults/main.yml
index 5d380b6b..fc0e9551 100644
--- a/roles/elastic-stack/ansible-elasticsearch/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/elastic-stack/ansible-elasticsearch/defaults/main.yml
@@ -9,4 +9,5 @@ single_node: false
 elasticsearch_bootstrap_node: false
 elasticsearch_master_candidate: false
 elasticsearch_cluster_nodes:
-  - 127.0.0.1
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+  - 127.0.0.1
+elasticsearch_xpack_security: false
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