diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/security/qa/service-account/src/javaRestTest/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/security/authc/service/ServiceAccountIT.java b/x-pack/plugin/security/qa/service-account/src/javaRestTest/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/security/authc/service/ServiceAccountIT.java
index cfe4f6b5cb44c..c9cd72ace61e9 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/security/qa/service-account/src/javaRestTest/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/security/authc/service/ServiceAccountIT.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/security/qa/service-account/src/javaRestTest/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/security/authc/service/ServiceAccountIT.java
@@ -118,6 +118,8 @@ public class ServiceAccountIT extends ESRestTestCase {
               "indices": [
                 {
                   "names": [
+                    "logs",
+                    "logs.*",
                     "logs-*",
                     "metrics-*",
                     "traces-*",
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/security/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/security/authc/service/ElasticServiceAccounts.java b/x-pack/plugin/security/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/security/authc/service/ElasticServiceAccounts.java
index ae69e4f7a46c0..2f35d24cd60b6 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/security/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/security/authc/service/ElasticServiceAccounts.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/security/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/security/authc/service/ElasticServiceAccounts.java
@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@ final class ElasticServiceAccounts {
             new RoleDescriptor.IndicesPrivileges[] {
                 RoleDescriptor.IndicesPrivileges.builder()
                     .indices(
+                        "logs",
+                        "logs.*",
                         "logs-*",
                         "metrics-*",
                         "traces-*",