diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/template-resources/src/main/resources/entsearch/generic_ingestion_pipeline.json b/x-pack/plugin/core/template-resources/src/main/resources/entsearch/generic_ingestion_pipeline.json
index f66789d25e5f..e2a2cbd46011 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/template-resources/src/main/resources/entsearch/generic_ingestion_pipeline.json
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/template-resources/src/main/resources/entsearch/generic_ingestion_pipeline.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  "version": 1,
+  "version": ${xpack.application.connector.template.version},
   "description": "Generic Enterprise Search ingest pipeline",
   "_meta": {
     "managed_by": "Enterprise Search",