diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/security/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/security/rest/action/role/RestQueryRoleAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/security/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/security/rest/action/role/RestQueryRoleAction.java
index 3637159479463..862ff2552b4e3 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/security/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/security/rest/action/role/RestQueryRoleAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/security/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/security/rest/action/role/RestQueryRoleAction.java
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 import static org.elasticsearch.rest.RestRequest.Method.POST;
 import static org.elasticsearch.xcontent.ConstructingObjectParser.optionalConstructorArg;
 
-@ServerlessScope(Scope.INTERNAL)
+@ServerlessScope(Scope.PUBLIC)
 public final class RestQueryRoleAction extends NativeRoleBaseRestHandler {
 
     @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")