diff --git a/x-pack/lib/monitoring/monitoring.rb b/x-pack/lib/monitoring/monitoring.rb
index 8fcdab0889e..4dbeefff07a 100644
--- a/x-pack/lib/monitoring/monitoring.rb
+++ b/x-pack/lib/monitoring/monitoring.rb
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ class PipelineRegisterHook
       include LogStash::Util::Loggable, LogStash::Helpers::ElasticsearchOptions
 
       PIPELINE_ID = ".monitoring-logstash"
-      API_VERSION = 2
+      API_VERSION = 6
 
       def initialize
         # nothing to do here