diff --git a/elasticsearch/server/curator.yml b/elasticsearch/server/curator.yml
index 82f34bb..e4e5ace 100644
--- a/elasticsearch/server/curator.yml
+++ b/elasticsearch/server/curator.yml
@@ -30,3 +30,23 @@
               unit: days
               unit_count: ${_param:elasticsearch_curator_retention_period}
               exclude:
+          - action: delete_indices
+            description: >-
+                Delete indices older than ${_param:elasticsearch_curator_retention_period} days (based on index name).
+            options:
+              ignore_empty_list: True
+              timeout_override:
+              continue_if_exception: False
+              disable_action: False
+            filters:
+            - filtertype: pattern
+              kind: regex
+              value: "^events_.*$"
+              exclude:
+            - filtertype: age
+              source: name
+              direction: older
+              timestring: '%Y-%m-%d'
+              unit: days
+              unit_count: ${_param:elasticsearch_curator_retention_period}
+              exclude:
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