diff --git a/infrastructure/elasticsearch/roles/search_user.json b/infrastructure/elasticsearch/roles/search_user.json
index da60cdeb8..d69a5c0ed 100644
--- a/infrastructure/elasticsearch/roles/search_user.json
+++ b/infrastructure/elasticsearch/roles/search_user.json
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   "cluster": ["manage"],
   "indices": [
     {
-      "names": ["ocrvs", "ocrvs-*"],
+      "names": ["ocrvs", "ocrvs-*", "events_*"],
       "privileges": [
         "write",
         "create",