diff --git a/admin/searchengine/elasticsearch/index_config.yaml b/admin/searchengine/elasticsearch/index_config.yaml
index e424e92a0b..b8b2ac6071 100644
--- a/admin/searchengine/elasticsearch/index_config.yaml
+++ b/admin/searchengine/elasticsearch/index_config.yaml
@@ -42,3 +42,5 @@ index:
         pattern: '\s*(?<!\p{Lu})[.\-,;]*\s*$'
         replacement: ''
 index.mapping.total_fields.limit: 10000
+index.number_of_replicas: 1
+index.number_of_shards: 5