diff --git a/docs/changelog/136421.yaml b/docs/changelog/136421.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..f070f87f45f0b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/changelog/136421.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+pr: 136421
+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 065053f117de0..8b00683033561 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
@@ -33,7 +33,8 @@
 public class DeprecationIndexingTemplateRegistry extends IndexTemplateRegistry {
     // history (please add a comment why you increased the version here)
     // version 1: initial
-    public static final int INDEX_TEMPLATE_VERSION = 1;
+    // version 2: bump to fix https://github.com/elastic/sdh-elasticsearch/issues/9371
+    public static final int INDEX_TEMPLATE_VERSION = 2;
 
     public static final String DEPRECATION_INDEXING_TEMPLATE_VERSION_VARIABLE = "xpack.deprecation.indexing.template.version";