diff --git a/opensearch-observability/src/main/resources/observability-settings.yml b/opensearch-observability/src/main/resources/observability-settings.yml
index 73698dcff..22132a93e 100644
--- a/opensearch-observability/src/main/resources/observability-settings.yml
+++ b/opensearch-observability/src/main/resources/observability-settings.yml
@@ -7,5 +7,5 @@
 # Settings file for the observability index
 index:
   number_of_shards: "1"
-  auto_expand_replicas: "0-1"
+  auto_expand_replicas: "0-2"
   number_of_replicas: "0"