diff --git a/roles/opendistro/opendistro-elasticsearch/tasks/security_actions.yml b/roles/opendistro/opendistro-elasticsearch/tasks/security_actions.yml
index d2db187b..3aabe82d 100644
--- a/roles/opendistro/opendistro-elasticsearch/tasks/security_actions.yml
+++ b/roles/opendistro/opendistro-elasticsearch/tasks/security_actions.yml
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@
 
   - name: Create custom user
     uri:
-      url: "https://{{ target_address }}:9200/_cluster/health/"
+      url: "https://{{ target_address }}:9200/_opendistro/_security/api/internalusers/{{ opendistro_custom_user }}"
       method: PUT
       user: "admin" # Default OpenDistro user is always "admin"
       password: "{{ opendistro_admin_password }}"