diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/transform/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/transform/transforms/pivot/TransformAggregations.java b/x-pack/plugin/transform/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/transform/transforms/pivot/TransformAggregations.java
index 87bf3cc5c473a..92524086fa2a3 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/transform/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/transform/transforms/pivot/TransformAggregations.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/transform/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/transform/transforms/pivot/TransformAggregations.java
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ enum AggregationType {
         GEO_CENTROID("geo_centroid", GEO_POINT),
         GEO_BOUNDS("geo_bounds", GEO_SHAPE),
         SCRIPTED_METRIC("scripted_metric", DYNAMIC),
-        WEIGHTED_AVG("weighted_avg", DYNAMIC),
+        WEIGHTED_AVG("weighted_avg", DOUBLE),
         BUCKET_SELECTOR("bucket_selector", DYNAMIC),
         BUCKET_SCRIPT("bucket_script", DYNAMIC),
         PERCENTILES("percentiles", DOUBLE),
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/transform/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/transform/transforms/pivot/TransformAggregationsTests.java b/x-pack/plugin/transform/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/transform/transforms/pivot/TransformAggregationsTests.java
index 43d4938a7fccd..ec20a6994e980 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/transform/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/transform/transforms/pivot/TransformAggregationsTests.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/transform/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/transform/transforms/pivot/TransformAggregationsTests.java
@@ -78,8 +78,9 @@ public void testResolveTargetMapping() {
         assertEquals("_dynamic", TransformAggregations.resolveTargetMapping("bucket_selector", "int"));
 
         // weighted_avg
-        assertEquals("_dynamic", TransformAggregations.resolveTargetMapping("weighted_avg", null));
-        assertEquals("_dynamic", TransformAggregations.resolveTargetMapping("weighted_avg", "double"));
+        assertEquals("double", TransformAggregations.resolveTargetMapping("weighted_avg", null));
+        assertEquals("double", TransformAggregations.resolveTargetMapping("weighted_avg", "double"));
+        assertEquals("double", TransformAggregations.resolveTargetMapping("weighted_avg", "int"));
 
         // percentile
         assertEquals("double", TransformAggregations.resolveTargetMapping("percentiles", null));