diff --git a/salt/elasticsearch/defaults.yaml b/salt/elasticsearch/defaults.yaml
index 2781d2144a..dc8f97e448 100644
--- a/salt/elasticsearch/defaults.yaml
+++ b/salt/elasticsearch/defaults.yaml
@@ -9088,7 +9088,13 @@ elasticsearch:
     so-eval:
       config:
         node:
-          roles: []
+          roles:
+          - master
+          - data
+          - data_hot
+          - ingest
+          - transform
+          - remote_cluster_client
     so-heavynode:
       config:
         node: