diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/data_enhanced/server/search/es_search_strategy.ts b/x-pack/plugins/data_enhanced/server/search/es_search_strategy.ts
index 77fdf2b3ea2f7..301f184af7d81 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/data_enhanced/server/search/es_search_strategy.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/data_enhanced/server/search/es_search_strategy.ts
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ async function asyncSearch(
   const path = encodeURI(request.id ? `_async_search/${request.id}` : `${index}/_async_search`);
 
   // Wait up to 1s for the response to return
-  const query = toSnakeCase({ /* waitForCompletion: '1s', */ ...queryParams });
+  const query = toSnakeCase({ waitForCompletionTimeout: '1s', ...queryParams });
 
   const { response, id } = (await caller(
     'transport.request',