diff --git a/docs/changelog/136417.yaml b/docs/changelog/136417.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..3e164b00703ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/changelog/136417.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+pr: 136417
+summary: Bump version to retroactively fix template upgrade
+area: Infra/Logging
+type: bug
+issues: []
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/deprecation/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/deprecation/logging/DeprecationIndexingTemplateRegistry.java b/x-pack/plugin/deprecation/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/deprecation/logging/DeprecationIndexingTemplateRegistry.java
index 4e5f75461316d..9653332ba0a77 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/deprecation/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/deprecation/logging/DeprecationIndexingTemplateRegistry.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/deprecation/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/deprecation/logging/DeprecationIndexingTemplateRegistry.java
@@ -34,7 +34,8 @@ public class DeprecationIndexingTemplateRegistry extends IndexTemplateRegistry {
     // history (please add a comment why you increased the version here)
     // version 1: initial
     // version 2: deprecated old name and renamed index pattern
-    public static final int INDEX_TEMPLATE_VERSION = 2;
+    // version 3: bump to fix https://github.com/elastic/sdh-elasticsearch/issues/9371
+    public static final int INDEX_TEMPLATE_VERSION = 3;
 
     public static final String DEPRECATION_INDEXING_TEMPLATE_VERSION_VARIABLE = "xpack.deprecation.indexing.template.version";