diff --git a/graylog2-server/src/test/java/org/graylog/testing/elasticsearch/ContainerMatrixElasticsearchBaseTest.java b/graylog2-server/src/test/java/org/graylog/testing/elasticsearch/ContainerMatrixElasticsearchBaseTest.java
index 6b659d3a17fe..81d55f5af3b3 100644
--- a/graylog2-server/src/test/java/org/graylog/testing/elasticsearch/ContainerMatrixElasticsearchBaseTest.java
+++ b/graylog2-server/src/test/java/org/graylog/testing/elasticsearch/ContainerMatrixElasticsearchBaseTest.java
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ private void addGraylogDefaultIndexTemplate() {
     private static Map<String, Template> getGraylogDefaultMessageTemplates(SearchVersion version) {
         var template =
                 new MessageIndexTemplateProvider().create(version, null)
-                        .messageTemplate("*", "standard", -1L);
+                        .messageTemplate("*", "standard", 0L);
         return Collections.singletonMap("graylog-test-internal", template);
     }