diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/authz/store/KibanaOwnedReservedRoleDescriptors.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/authz/store/KibanaOwnedReservedRoleDescriptors.java
index 46e4a5cec2486..3c76734b794d8 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/authz/store/KibanaOwnedReservedRoleDescriptors.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/authz/store/KibanaOwnedReservedRoleDescriptors.java
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ static RoleDescriptor kibanaSystem(String name) {
                 // Fleet publishes Agent metrics in kibana task runner
                 RoleDescriptor.IndicesPrivileges.builder().indices("metrics-fleet_server*").privileges("all").build(),
                 // Fleet reads output health from this index pattern
-                RoleDescriptor.IndicesPrivileges.builder().indices("logs-fleet_server*").privileges("read").build(),
+                RoleDescriptor.IndicesPrivileges.builder().indices("logs-fleet_server*").privileges("read", "delete_index").build(),
                 // Legacy "Alerts as data" used in Security Solution.
                 // Kibana user creates these indices; reads / writes to them.
                 RoleDescriptor.IndicesPrivileges.builder().indices(ReservedRolesStore.ALERTS_LEGACY_INDEX).privileges("all").build(),