diff --git a/elasticsearch/Chart.yaml b/elasticsearch/Chart.yaml
index 537091fb9..03dece255 100644
--- a/elasticsearch/Chart.yaml
+++ b/elasticsearch/Chart.yaml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ apiVersion: v1
 appVersion: v7.1.0
 description: OpenStack-Helm ElasticSearch
 name: elasticsearch
-version: 0.1.7
+version: 0.1.8
 home: https://www.elastic.co/
 sources:
   - https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch
diff --git a/elasticsearch/values.yaml b/elasticsearch/values.yaml
index d438c748f..b64d01603 100644
--- a/elasticsearch/values.yaml
+++ b/elasticsearch/values.yaml
@@ -966,12 +966,12 @@ storage:
 
 
 manifests:
-  configmap_bin_curator: true
+  configmap_bin_curator: false
   configmap_bin_elasticsearch: true
-  configmap_etc_curator: true
+  configmap_etc_curator: false
   configmap_etc_elasticsearch: true
   configmap_etc_templates: true
-  cron_curator: true
+  cron_curator: false
   cron_verify_repositories: true
   deployment_client: true
   ingress: true
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/elasticsearch.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/elasticsearch.yaml
index 28dda86e2..8b46cb509 100644
--- a/releasenotes/notes/elasticsearch.yaml
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/elasticsearch.yaml
@@ -8,4 +8,5 @@ elasticsearch:
   - 0.1.5 Make templates job more generic
   - 0.1.6 Fix elasticsearch-master rendering error
   - 0.1.7 Pin Java options to specific versions
+  - 0.1.8 Disable Curator in Gate & Chart Defaults
 ...
diff --git a/tools/deployment/osh-infra-logging/050-elasticsearch.sh b/tools/deployment/osh-infra-logging/050-elasticsearch.sh
index 2bbc6cf90..e8e6452d2 100755
--- a/tools/deployment/osh-infra-logging/050-elasticsearch.sh
+++ b/tools/deployment/osh-infra-logging/050-elasticsearch.sh
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@ tee /tmp/elasticsearch.yaml << EOF
 jobs:
   verify_repositories:
     cron: "*/3 * * * *"
-  curator:
-    cron: "*/10 * * * *"
 monitoring:
   prometheus:
     enabled: true
@@ -36,71 +34,6 @@ conf:
   elasticsearch:
     snapshots:
       enabled: true
-  curator:
-    action_file:
-      actions:
-        1:
-          action: delete_indices
-          description: >-
-            "Delete indices older than 365 days"
-          options:
-            timeout_override:
-            continue_if_exception: False
-            ignore_empty_list: True
-            disable_action: False
-          filters:
-          - filtertype: pattern
-            kind: prefix
-            value: logstash-
-          - filtertype: age
-            source: name
-            direction: older
-            timestring: '%Y.%m.%d'
-            unit: days
-            unit_count: 365
-        2:
-          action: snapshot
-          description: >-
-            "Snapshot all indices older than 365 days"
-          options:
-            repository: logstash_snapshots
-            name: "snapshot-%Y-.%m.%d"
-            wait_for_completion: True
-            max_wait: 36000
-            wait_interval: 30
-            ignore_empty_list: True
-            continue_if_exception: False
-            disable_action: False
-          filters:
-          - filtertype: age
-            source: name
-            direction: older
-            timestring: '%Y.%m.%d'
-            unit: days
-            unit_count: 365
-        3:
-          action: delete_snapshots
-          description: >-
-            "Delete index snapshots older than 365 days"
-          options:
-            repository: logstash_snapshots
-            timeout_override: 1200
-            retry_interval: 120
-            retry_count: 5
-            ignore_empty_list: True
-            continue_if_exception: False
-            disable_action: False
-          filters:
-          - filtertype: pattern
-            kind: prefix
-            value: snapshot-
-          - filtertype: age
-            source: name
-            direction: older
-            timestring: '%Y.%m.%d'
-            unit: days
-            unit_count: 365
-
 EOF
 
 : ${OSH_INFRA_EXTRA_HELM_ARGS_ELASTICSEARCH:="$(./tools/deployment/common/get-values-overrides.sh elasticsearch)"}