diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/authz/store/ReservedRolesStore.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/authz/store/ReservedRolesStore.java
index 24d941919d2d..e462587c3597 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/authz/store/ReservedRolesStore.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/authz/store/ReservedRolesStore.java
@@ -180,7 +180,9 @@ private static Map<String, RoleDescriptor> initializeReservedRoles() {
                         RoleDescriptor.IndicesPrivileges.builder().indices("apm-*")
                             .privileges("read", "view_index_metadata").build(),
                         RoleDescriptor.IndicesPrivileges.builder().indices(".ml-anomalies*")
-                            .privileges("view_index_metadata", "read").build(),
+                            .privileges("read", "view_index_metadata").build(),
+                        RoleDescriptor.IndicesPrivileges.builder().indices("observability-annotations")
+                            .privileges("read", "view_index_metadata").build()
                     }, null, MetadataUtils.DEFAULT_RESERVED_METADATA))
                 .put("machine_learning_user", new RoleDescriptor("machine_learning_user", new String[] { "monitor_ml" },
                         new RoleDescriptor.IndicesPrivileges[] {