diff --git a/elasticsearch/search-index-settings.json b/elasticsearch/search-index-settings.json
index ee73ee34..11412625 100644
--- a/elasticsearch/search-index-settings.json
+++ b/elasticsearch/search-index-settings.json
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 {
   "settings": {
     "index": {
-      "number_of_shards": 3,
-      "number_of_replicas": 0
+      "number_of_shards": 5,
+      "number_of_replicas": 1
     },
     "analysis": {
       "analyzer": {