diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/lists/server/services/items/create_list_item.test.ts b/x-pack/plugins/lists/server/services/items/create_list_item.test.ts
index 7fbdc900fe2a4..76bd47d217107 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/lists/server/services/items/create_list_item.test.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/lists/server/services/items/create_list_item.test.ts
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ describe('crete_list_item', () => {
       body,
       id: LIST_ITEM_ID,
       index: LIST_ITEM_INDEX,
+      refresh: 'wait_for',
     };
     expect(options.callCluster).toBeCalledWith('index', expected);
   });
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/lists/server/services/items/create_list_item.ts b/x-pack/plugins/lists/server/services/items/create_list_item.ts
index 333f34946828a..aa17fc00b25c6 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/lists/server/services/items/create_list_item.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/lists/server/services/items/create_list_item.ts
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ export const createListItem = async ({
       body,
       id,
       index: listItemIndex,
+      refresh: 'wait_for',
     });
 
     return {
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/lists/server/services/items/create_list_items_bulk.test.ts b/x-pack/plugins/lists/server/services/items/create_list_items_bulk.test.ts
index 4ab1bfb856846..b2cc0da669e42 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/lists/server/services/items/create_list_items_bulk.test.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/lists/server/services/items/create_list_items_bulk.test.ts
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ describe('crete_list_item_bulk', () => {
         secondRecord,
       ],
       index: LIST_ITEM_INDEX,
+      refresh: 'wait_for',
     });
   });
 
@@ -70,6 +71,7 @@ describe('crete_list_item_bulk', () => {
         },
       ],
       index: '.items',
+      refresh: 'wait_for',
     });
   });
 });
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/lists/server/services/items/create_list_items_bulk.ts b/x-pack/plugins/lists/server/services/items/create_list_items_bulk.ts
index 463b9735b2578..91e9587aa676a 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/lists/server/services/items/create_list_items_bulk.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/lists/server/services/items/create_list_items_bulk.ts
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ export const createListItemsBulk = async ({
     await callCluster('bulk', {
       body,
       index: listItemIndex,
+      refresh: 'wait_for',
     });
   } catch (error) {
     // TODO: Log out the error with return values from the bulk insert into another index or saved object
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/lists/server/services/items/delete_list_item.test.ts b/x-pack/plugins/lists/server/services/items/delete_list_item.test.ts
index ea338d9dd3791..b14bddb1268f8 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/lists/server/services/items/delete_list_item.test.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/lists/server/services/items/delete_list_item.test.ts
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ describe('delete_list_item', () => {
     const deleteQuery = {
       id: LIST_ITEM_ID,
       index: LIST_ITEM_INDEX,
+      refresh: 'wait_for',
     };
     expect(options.callCluster).toBeCalledWith('delete', deleteQuery);
   });
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/lists/server/services/items/delete_list_item.ts b/x-pack/plugins/lists/server/services/items/delete_list_item.ts
index b006aed6f6dde..baeced4b09995 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/lists/server/services/items/delete_list_item.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/lists/server/services/items/delete_list_item.ts
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ export const deleteListItem = async ({
     await callCluster('delete', {
       id,
       index: listItemIndex,
+      refresh: 'wait_for',
     });
   }
   return listItem;
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/lists/server/services/items/delete_list_item_by_value.test.ts b/x-pack/plugins/lists/server/services/items/delete_list_item_by_value.test.ts
index bf1608334ef24..f658a51730d97 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/lists/server/services/items/delete_list_item_by_value.test.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/lists/server/services/items/delete_list_item_by_value.test.ts
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ describe('delete_list_item_by_value', () => {
         },
       },
       index: '.items',
+      refresh: 'wait_for',
     };
     expect(options.callCluster).toBeCalledWith('deleteByQuery', deleteByQuery);
   });
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/lists/server/services/items/delete_list_item_by_value.ts b/x-pack/plugins/lists/server/services/items/delete_list_item_by_value.ts
index 3551cb75dc5bc..880402fca1bfa 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/lists/server/services/items/delete_list_item_by_value.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/lists/server/services/items/delete_list_item_by_value.ts
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ export const deleteListItemByValue = async ({
       },
     },
     index: listItemIndex,
+    refresh: 'wait_for',
   });
   return listItems;
 };
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/lists/server/services/items/update_list_item.ts b/x-pack/plugins/lists/server/services/items/update_list_item.ts
index 24cd11cbb65e4..eb20f1cfe3b30 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/lists/server/services/items/update_list_item.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/lists/server/services/items/update_list_item.ts
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ export const updateListItem = async ({
         },
         id: listItem.id,
         index: listItemIndex,
+        refresh: 'wait_for',
       });
       return {
         created_at: listItem.created_at,
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/lists/server/services/lists/create_list.test.ts b/x-pack/plugins/lists/server/services/lists/create_list.test.ts
index 43af08bcaf7ff..e328df710ebe1 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/lists/server/services/lists/create_list.test.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/lists/server/services/lists/create_list.test.ts
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ describe('crete_list', () => {
       body,
       id: LIST_ID,
       index: LIST_INDEX,
+      refresh: 'wait_for',
     };
     expect(options.callCluster).toBeCalledWith('index', expected);
   });
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/lists/server/services/lists/create_list.ts b/x-pack/plugins/lists/server/services/lists/create_list.ts
index 3925fa5f0170c..3d396cf4d5af9 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/lists/server/services/lists/create_list.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/lists/server/services/lists/create_list.ts
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ export const createList = async ({
     body,
     id,
     index: listIndex,
+    refresh: 'wait_for',
   });
   return {
     id: response._id,
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/lists/server/services/lists/delete_list.test.ts b/x-pack/plugins/lists/server/services/lists/delete_list.test.ts
index b9f1ec4d400be..029b6226a7375 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/lists/server/services/lists/delete_list.test.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/lists/server/services/lists/delete_list.test.ts
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ describe('delete_list', () => {
     const deleteByQuery = {
       body: { query: { term: { list_id: LIST_ID } } },
       index: LIST_ITEM_INDEX,
+      refresh: 'wait_for',
     };
     expect(options.callCluster).toBeCalledWith('deleteByQuery', deleteByQuery);
   });
@@ -59,6 +60,7 @@ describe('delete_list', () => {
     const deleteQuery = {
       id: LIST_ID,
       index: LIST_INDEX,
+      refresh: 'wait_for',
     };
     expect(options.callCluster).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(2, 'delete', deleteQuery);
   });
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/lists/server/services/lists/delete_list.ts b/x-pack/plugins/lists/server/services/lists/delete_list.ts
index 64359b7273274..152048ca9cac6 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/lists/server/services/lists/delete_list.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/lists/server/services/lists/delete_list.ts
@@ -36,11 +36,13 @@ export const deleteList = async ({
         },
       },
       index: listItemIndex,
+      refresh: 'wait_for',
     });
 
     await callCluster('delete', {
       id,
       index: listIndex,
+      refresh: 'wait_for',
     });
     return list;
   }
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/lists/server/services/lists/update_list.ts b/x-pack/plugins/lists/server/services/lists/update_list.ts
index c7cc30aaae908..f84ca787eaa7c 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/lists/server/services/lists/update_list.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/lists/server/services/lists/update_list.ts
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ export const updateList = async ({
       body: { doc },
       id,
       index: listIndex,
+      refresh: 'wait_for',
     });
     return {
       created_at: list.created_at,