diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index fd7ddd2f4..204378a95 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 - Prevent a provider panic when an `elasticstack_elasticsearch_template` or `elasticstack_elasticsearch_component_template` includes an empty `template` (`template {}`) block. ([#598](https://github.com/elastic/terraform-provider-elasticstack/pull/598))
 - Prevent `elasticstack_kibana_space` to attempt the space recreation if `initials` and `color` are not provided. ([#606](https://github.com/elastic/terraform-provider-elasticstack/pull/606))
+- Prevent a provider panic in `elasticstack_kibana_data_view` when a `field_format` does not include a `pattern`. ([#619](https://github.com/elastic/terraform-provider-elasticstack/pull/619/files))
 
 ### Added
 
diff --git a/internal/kibana/data_view/schema.go b/internal/kibana/data_view/schema.go
index c12bab8b6..e6e484bbb 100644
--- a/internal/kibana/data_view/schema.go
+++ b/internal/kibana/data_view/schema.go
@@ -342,9 +342,11 @@ func dataViewFromResponse(resp data_views.DataViewResponseObjectDataView) apiDat
 			ID: formatMap["id"].(string),
 		}
 
-		if params, ok := formatMap["params"].(map[string]interface{}); ok {
-			apiFormat.Params = &apiFieldFormatParams{
-				Pattern: params["pattern"].(string),
+		if params, ok := formatMap["params"]; ok {
+			if paramsMap, ok := params.(map[string]interface{}); ok {
+				if pattern, ok := paramsMap["pattern"]; ok {
+					apiFormat.Params = &apiFieldFormatParams{Pattern: pattern.(string)}
+				}
 			}
 		}