diff --git a/alerting/src/main/resources/org/opensearch/alerting/alerts/finding_mapping.json b/alerting/src/main/resources/org/opensearch/alerting/alerts/finding_mapping.json
index 3ffc39478..d2ecc0907 100644
--- a/alerting/src/main/resources/org/opensearch/alerting/alerts/finding_mapping.json
+++ b/alerting/src/main/resources/org/opensearch/alerting/alerts/finding_mapping.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "dynamic": "strict",
   "_meta" : {
-    "schema_version": 3
+    "schema_version": 4
   },
   "properties": {
     "schema_version": {
@@ -46,6 +46,9 @@
               "type" : "keyword"
             }
           }
+        },
+        "fields": {
+          "type": "text"
         }
       }
     },
diff --git a/alerting/src/test/kotlin/org/opensearch/alerting/alerts/AlertIndicesIT.kt b/alerting/src/test/kotlin/org/opensearch/alerting/alerts/AlertIndicesIT.kt
index 4d7be8487..da402c5b7 100644
--- a/alerting/src/test/kotlin/org/opensearch/alerting/alerts/AlertIndicesIT.kt
+++ b/alerting/src/test/kotlin/org/opensearch/alerting/alerts/AlertIndicesIT.kt
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ class AlertIndicesIT : AlertingRestTestCase() {
 
         putFindingMappings(
             AlertIndices.findingMapping().trimStart('{').trimEnd('}')
-                .replace("\"schema_version\": 3", "\"schema_version\": 0")
+                .replace("\"schema_version\": 4", "\"schema_version\": 0")
         )
         assertIndexExists(AlertIndices.FINDING_HISTORY_WRITE_INDEX)
         verifyIndexSchemaVersion(AlertIndices.FINDING_HISTORY_WRITE_INDEX, 0)
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ class AlertIndicesIT : AlertingRestTestCase() {
         executeMonitor(trueMonitor.id)
         assertIndexExists(AlertIndices.FINDING_HISTORY_WRITE_INDEX)
         verifyIndexSchemaVersion(ScheduledJob.SCHEDULED_JOBS_INDEX, 8)
-        verifyIndexSchemaVersion(AlertIndices.FINDING_HISTORY_WRITE_INDEX, 3)
+        verifyIndexSchemaVersion(AlertIndices.FINDING_HISTORY_WRITE_INDEX, 4)
     }
 
     fun `test alert index gets recreated automatically if deleted`() {