diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/bulk/SimulateBulkAction.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/bulk/SimulateBulkAction.java
index d7c4a67b1bd2e..a799c60fe7b38 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/bulk/SimulateBulkAction.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/bulk/SimulateBulkAction.java
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 public class SimulateBulkAction extends ActionType<BulkResponse> {
 
     public static final SimulateBulkAction INSTANCE = new SimulateBulkAction();
-    public static final String NAME = "indices:data/simulate/bulk";
+    public static final String NAME = "indices:data/write/simulate/bulk";
 
     private SimulateBulkAction() {
         super(NAME, BulkResponse::new);
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/authz/privilege/IndexPrivilege.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/authz/privilege/IndexPrivilege.java
index 4bbce410539cc..2bc20b20e7a55 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/authz/privilege/IndexPrivilege.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/authz/privilege/IndexPrivilege.java
@@ -86,13 +86,13 @@ public final class IndexPrivilege extends Privilege {
         "indices:data/write/index[*",
         "indices:data/write/index:op_type/create",
         "indices:data/write/bulk*",
-        "indices:data/simulate/bulk*"
+        "indices:data/write/simulate/bulk*"
     );
     private static final Automaton INDEX_AUTOMATON = patterns(
         "indices:data/write/index*",
         "indices:data/write/bulk*",
         "indices:data/write/update*",
-        "indices:data/simulate/bulk*"
+        "indices:data/write/simulate/bulk*"
     );
     private static final Automaton DELETE_AUTOMATON = patterns("indices:data/write/delete*", "indices:data/write/bulk*");
     private static final Automaton WRITE_AUTOMATON = patterns("indices:data/write/*", AutoPutMappingAction.NAME);
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/security/qa/operator-privileges-tests/src/javaRestTest/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/security/operator/Constants.java b/x-pack/plugin/security/qa/operator-privileges-tests/src/javaRestTest/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/security/operator/Constants.java
index cba23bf5fdda8..285f4f8f99039 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/security/qa/operator-privileges-tests/src/javaRestTest/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/security/operator/Constants.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/security/qa/operator-privileges-tests/src/javaRestTest/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/security/operator/Constants.java
@@ -521,7 +521,7 @@ public class Constants {
         "indices:data/read/xpack/rollup/get/index/caps",
         "indices:data/read/xpack/rollup/search",
         "indices:data/read/xpack/termsenum/list",
-        "indices:data/simulate/bulk",
+        "indices:data/write/simulate/bulk",
         "indices:data/write/bulk",
         "indices:data/write/bulk[s]",
         "indices:data/write/bulk_shard_operations[s]",