diff --git a/.changelog/_4696.txt b/.changelog/_4696.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..951896fd66f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changelog/_4696.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+```release-note:bug
+peering: **(Consul Enterprise only)** Fix issue where connect-enabled services with peer upstreams incorrectly required `service:write` access in the `default` namespace to query data, which was too restrictive. Now having `service:write` to any namespace is sufficient to query the peering data.
+```
diff --git a/agent/proxycfg-glue/trust_bundle.go b/agent/proxycfg-glue/trust_bundle.go
index e642bb19ba69..0152c5fdfc22 100644
--- a/agent/proxycfg-glue/trust_bundle.go
+++ b/agent/proxycfg-glue/trust_bundle.go
@@ -33,12 +33,14 @@ type serverTrustBundle struct {
 }
 
 func (s *serverTrustBundle) Notify(ctx context.Context, req *cachetype.TrustBundleReadRequest, correlationID string, ch chan<- proxycfg.UpdateEvent) error {
-	entMeta := structs.NodeEnterpriseMetaInPartition(req.Request.Partition)
+	// Having the ability to write a service in ANY (at least one) namespace should be
+	// sufficient for reading the trust bundle, which is why we use a wildcard.
+	entMeta := acl.NewEnterpriseMetaWithPartition(req.Request.Partition, acl.WildcardName)
 
 	return watch.ServerLocalNotify(ctx, correlationID, s.deps.GetStore,
 		func(ws memdb.WatchSet, store Store) (uint64, *pbpeering.TrustBundleReadResponse, error) {
 			var authzCtx acl.AuthorizerContext
-			authz, err := s.deps.ACLResolver.ResolveTokenAndDefaultMeta(req.Token, entMeta, &authzCtx)
+			authz, err := s.deps.ACLResolver.ResolveTokenAndDefaultMeta(req.Token, &entMeta, &authzCtx)
 			if err != nil {
 				return 0, nil, err
 			}
diff --git a/agent/rpc/peering/service.go b/agent/rpc/peering/service.go
index ea473a74249a..daf27a02f96b 100644
--- a/agent/rpc/peering/service.go
+++ b/agent/rpc/peering/service.go
@@ -924,9 +924,12 @@ func (s *Server) TrustBundleRead(ctx context.Context, req *pbpeering.TrustBundle
 
 	defer metrics.MeasureSince([]string{"peering", "trust_bundle_read"}, time.Now())
 
+	// Having the ability to write a service in ANY (at least one) namespace should be
+	// sufficient for reading the trust bundle, which is why we use a wildcard.
+	entMeta := acl.NewEnterpriseMetaWithPartition(req.Partition, acl.WildcardName)
+	entMeta.Normalize()
 	var authzCtx acl.AuthorizerContext
-	entMeta := structs.DefaultEnterpriseMetaInPartition(req.Partition)
-	authz, err := s.Backend.ResolveTokenAndDefaultMeta(options.Token, entMeta, &authzCtx)
+	authz, err := s.Backend.ResolveTokenAndDefaultMeta(options.Token, &entMeta, &authzCtx)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -937,7 +940,7 @@ func (s *Server) TrustBundleRead(ctx context.Context, req *pbpeering.TrustBundle
 
 	idx, trustBundle, err := s.Backend.Store().PeeringTrustBundleRead(nil, state.Query{
 		Value:          req.Name,
-		EnterpriseMeta: *entMeta,
+		EnterpriseMeta: entMeta,
 	})
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to read trust bundle for peer %s: %w", req.Name, err)