diff --git a/roles/elastic-stack/ansible-elasticsearch/defaults/main.yml b/roles/elastic-stack/ansible-elasticsearch/defaults/main.yml
index 5d04e5ee..95dd2737 100644
--- a/roles/elastic-stack/ansible-elasticsearch/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/elastic-stack/ansible-elasticsearch/defaults/main.yml
@@ -10,5 +10,7 @@ elasticsearch_bootstrap_node: false
 elasticsearch_master_candidate: false
 elasticsearch_cluster_nodes:
   - 127.0.0.1
+elasticsearch_discovery_nodes:
+  - 127.0.0.1
 elasticsearch_xpack_security: false
 node_generate_certs: false
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