diff --git a/resource_customizations/elasticsearch.k8s.elastic.co/Elasticsearch/health.lua b/resource_customizations/elasticsearch.k8s.elastic.co/Elasticsearch/health.lua
index 3bac570b0c4d7e..2670862b41602d 100644
--- a/resource_customizations/elasticsearch.k8s.elastic.co/Elasticsearch/health.lua
+++ b/resource_customizations/elasticsearch.k8s.elastic.co/Elasticsearch/health.lua
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ if obj.status ~= nil then
             hs.message = "Elasticsearch Cluster status is Green"
             return hs
           elseif obj.status.health == "yellow" then
-            hs.status = "Degraded"
+            hs.status = "Progressing"
             hs.message = "Elasticsearch Cluster status is Yellow. Check the status of indices, replicas and shards"
             return hs
           elseif obj.status.health == "red" then
diff --git a/resource_customizations/elasticsearch.k8s.elastic.co/Elasticsearch/health_test.yaml b/resource_customizations/elasticsearch.k8s.elastic.co/Elasticsearch/health_test.yaml
index 0a0ef51d16f6c0..015bc145d8ff88 100644
--- a/resource_customizations/elasticsearch.k8s.elastic.co/Elasticsearch/health_test.yaml
+++ b/resource_customizations/elasticsearch.k8s.elastic.co/Elasticsearch/health_test.yaml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ tests:
     message: "Elasticsearch Cluster status is Green"
   inputPath: testdata/ready_green.yaml
 - healthStatus:
-    status: Degraded
+    status: Progressing
     message: "Elasticsearch Cluster status is Yellow. Check the status of indices, replicas and shards"
   inputPath: testdata/ready_yellow.yaml
 - healthStatus: