diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/ingest_manager/server/routes/agent_config/handlers.ts b/x-pack/plugins/ingest_manager/server/routes/agent_config/handlers.ts
index 718aca89ea4fd..4e4653ec023ce 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/ingest_manager/server/routes/agent_config/handlers.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/ingest_manager/server/routes/agent_config/handlers.ts
@@ -135,6 +135,7 @@ export const createAgentConfigHandler: RequestHandler<
       newSysPackageConfig.namespace = agentConfig.namespace;
       await packageConfigService.create(soClient, callCluster, newSysPackageConfig, {
         user,
+        bumpConfigRevision: false,
       });
     }
 
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/ingest_manager/server/services/agent_config.ts b/x-pack/plugins/ingest_manager/server/services/agent_config.ts
index c068b594318c1..0a9adc1f1c593 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/ingest_manager/server/services/agent_config.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/ingest_manager/server/services/agent_config.ts
@@ -41,7 +41,8 @@ class AgentConfigService {
     soClient: SavedObjectsClientContract,
     id: string,
     agentConfig: Partial<AgentConfigSOAttributes>,
-    user?: AuthenticatedUser
+    user?: AuthenticatedUser,
+    options: { bumpRevision: boolean } = { bumpRevision: true }
   ): Promise<AgentConfig> {
     const oldAgentConfig = await this.get(soClient, id, false);
 
@@ -60,7 +61,7 @@ class AgentConfigService {
 
     await soClient.update<AgentConfigSOAttributes>(SAVED_OBJECT_TYPE, id, {
       ...agentConfig,
-      revision: oldAgentConfig.revision + 1,
+      ...(options.bumpRevision ? { revision: oldAgentConfig.revision + 1 } : {}),
       updated_at: new Date().toISOString(),
       updated_by: user ? user.username : 'system',
     });
@@ -265,7 +266,7 @@ class AgentConfigService {
     soClient: SavedObjectsClientContract,
     id: string,
     packageConfigIds: string[],
-    options?: { user?: AuthenticatedUser }
+    options: { user?: AuthenticatedUser; bumpRevision: boolean } = { bumpRevision: true }
   ): Promise<AgentConfig> {
     const oldAgentConfig = await this.get(soClient, id, false);
 
@@ -281,7 +282,8 @@ class AgentConfigService {
           [...((oldAgentConfig.package_configs || []) as string[])].concat(packageConfigIds)
         ),
       },
-      options?.user
+      options?.user,
+      { bumpRevision: options.bumpRevision }
     );
   }
 
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/ingest_manager/server/services/package_config.ts b/x-pack/plugins/ingest_manager/server/services/package_config.ts
index e8ca09a83c2b6..c2d465cf7c73f 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/ingest_manager/server/services/package_config.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/ingest_manager/server/services/package_config.ts
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ class PackageConfigService {
     soClient: SavedObjectsClientContract,
     callCluster: CallESAsCurrentUser,
     packageConfig: NewPackageConfig,
-    options?: { id?: string; user?: AuthenticatedUser }
+    options?: { id?: string; user?: AuthenticatedUser; bumpConfigRevision?: boolean }
   ): Promise<PackageConfig> {
     // Check that its agent config does not have a package config with the same name
     const parentAgentConfig = await agentConfigService.get(soClient, packageConfig.config_id);
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ class PackageConfigService {
     // Assign it to the given agent config
     await agentConfigService.assignPackageConfigs(soClient, packageConfig.config_id, [newSo.id], {
       user: options?.user,
+      bumpRevision: options?.bumpConfigRevision ?? true,
     });
 
     return {
@@ -117,7 +118,7 @@ class PackageConfigService {
     soClient: SavedObjectsClientContract,
     packageConfigs: NewPackageConfig[],
     configId: string,
-    options?: { user?: AuthenticatedUser }
+    options?: { user?: AuthenticatedUser; bumpConfigRevision?: boolean }
   ): Promise<PackageConfig[]> {
     const isoDate = new Date().toISOString();
     const { saved_objects: newSos } = await soClient.bulkCreate<PackageConfigSOAttributes>(
@@ -142,6 +143,7 @@ class PackageConfigService {
       newSos.map((newSo) => newSo.id),
       {
         user: options?.user,
+        bumpRevision: options?.bumpConfigRevision ?? true,
       }
     );
 
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/ingest_manager/server/services/setup.ts b/x-pack/plugins/ingest_manager/server/services/setup.ts
index 627abc158143d..c91cae98e17d2 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/ingest_manager/server/services/setup.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/ingest_manager/server/services/setup.ts
@@ -218,5 +218,7 @@ async function addPackageToConfig(
     config.namespace
   );
 
-  await packageConfigService.create(soClient, callCluster, newPackageConfig);
+  await packageConfigService.create(soClient, callCluster, newPackageConfig, {
+    bumpConfigRevision: false,
+  });
 }