diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/ingest/IngestService.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/ingest/IngestService.java
index 8b8974c8a3f42..a1ecbe5162e1e 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/ingest/IngestService.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/ingest/IngestService.java
@@ -1404,7 +1404,7 @@ private static Optional<Pipelines> resolvePipelinesFromIndexTemplates(IndexReque
         if (v2Template != null) {
             final Settings settings = MetadataIndexTemplateService.resolveSettings(metadata, v2Template);
             return Optional.of(
-                new Pipelines(IndexSettings.DEFAULT_PIPELINE.get(settings), IndexSettings.FINAL_PIPELINE.get(settings), null)
+                new Pipelines(IndexSettings.DEFAULT_PIPELINE.get(settings), IndexSettings.FINAL_PIPELINE.get(settings), NOOP_PIPELINE_NAME)
             );
         }