diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/ingest_manager/server/services/epm/elasticsearch/template/template.ts b/x-pack/plugins/ingest_manager/server/services/epm/elasticsearch/template/template.ts
index 06c07da6cd77a..2de378f717534 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/ingest_manager/server/services/epm/elasticsearch/template/template.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/ingest_manager/server/services/epm/elasticsearch/template/template.ts
@@ -247,8 +247,11 @@ function getBaseTemplate(
   packageName: string
 ): IndexTemplate {
   return {
-    // This takes precedence over all index templates installed with the 'base' package
-    priority: 1,
+    // This takes precedence over all index templates installed by ES by default (logs-*-* and metrics-*-*)
+    // if this number is lower than the ES value (which is 100) this template will never be applied when a data stream
+    // is created. I'm using 200 here to give some room for users to create their own template and fit it between the
+    // default and the one the ingest manager uses.
+    priority: 200,
     // To be completed with the correct index patterns
     index_patterns: [`${templateName}-*`],
     template: {