diff --git a/packages/nginx/changelog.yml b/packages/nginx/changelog.yml
index 7503a287d47..ce8f9586beb 100644
--- a/packages/nginx/changelog.yml
+++ b/packages/nginx/changelog.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
 # newer versions go on top
+- version: "1.2.1"
+  changes:
+    - description: Fix ML module manifest query to ignore frozen and cold tiers
+      type: bugfix
+      link: https://github.com/elastic/integrations/pull/2219
 - version: "1.2.0"
   changes:
     - description: Release nginx package for v8.0.0
@@ -31,7 +36,7 @@
     - description: Convert to generated ECS fields
       type: enhancement
       link: https://github.com/elastic/integrations/pull/1491
-- version: '0.8.1'
+- version: "0.8.1"
   changes:
     - description: update to ECS 1.11.0
       type: enhancement
diff --git a/packages/nginx/kibana/ml_module/nginx-Logs-ml.json b/packages/nginx/kibana/ml_module/nginx-Logs-ml.json
index b5710371fb9..53ad2045cdb 100644
--- a/packages/nginx/kibana/ml_module/nginx-Logs-ml.json
+++ b/packages/nginx/kibana/ml_module/nginx-Logs-ml.json
@@ -31,7 +31,15 @@
                             "field": "http.response.status_code"
                         }
                     }
-                ]
+                ],
+                "must_not": {
+                    "terms": {
+                        "_tier": [
+                            "data_frozen",
+                            "data_cold"
+                        ]
+                    }
+                }
             }
         },
         "jobs": [
diff --git a/packages/nginx/manifest.yml b/packages/nginx/manifest.yml
index 4c7a1a42754..1982ac0ce65 100644
--- a/packages/nginx/manifest.yml
+++ b/packages/nginx/manifest.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 format_version: 1.0.0
 name: nginx
 title: Nginx
-version: 1.2.0
+version: 1.2.1
 license: basic
 description: Collect logs and metrics from Nginx HTTP servers with Elastic Agent.
 type: integration