diff --git a/src/plugins/console/server/lib/spec_definitions/js/aggregations.ts b/src/plugins/console/server/lib/spec_definitions/js/aggregations.ts
index 1170c9edd2366..ce3155919bd1d 100644
--- a/src/plugins/console/server/lib/spec_definitions/js/aggregations.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/console/server/lib/spec_definitions/js/aggregations.ts
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ const rules = {
       shard_size: 10,
       order: {
         __template: {
-          _term: 'asc',
+          _key: 'asc',
         },
         _term: { __one_of: ['asc', 'desc'] },
         _count: { __one_of: ['asc', 'desc'] },