diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/apm-data/src/main/resources/component-templates/logs-apm@settings.yaml b/x-pack/plugin/apm-data/src/main/resources/component-templates/logs-apm@settings.yaml
index 6bb8079c534c8..af84ba50fb075 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/apm-data/src/main/resources/component-templates/logs-apm@settings.yaml
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/apm-data/src/main/resources/component-templates/logs-apm@settings.yaml
@@ -5,5 +5,6 @@ _meta:
   managed: true
 template:
   settings:
-    codec: best_compression
-    mode: standard
+    index:
+      codec: best_compression
+      mode: standard