diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/security/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/security/authc/service/ElasticServiceAccounts.java b/x-pack/plugin/security/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/security/authc/service/ElasticServiceAccounts.java
index 8942be0bee29c..777fe5f71b0a0 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/security/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/security/authc/service/ElasticServiceAccounts.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/security/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/security/authc/service/ElasticServiceAccounts.java
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ final class ElasticServiceAccounts {
             new String[] { "monitor", "manage_own_api_key" },
             new RoleDescriptor.IndicesPrivileges[] {
                 RoleDescriptor.IndicesPrivileges.builder()
-                    .indices("logs-*", "metrics-*")
+                    .indices("logs-*", "metrics-*", "traces-*")
                     .privileges("write", "create_index", "auto_configure")
                     .build(), },
             null,