diff --git a/elasticsearch/elasticsearch.spec b/elasticsearch/elasticsearch.spec
index d1bba378b1..f8848dd778 100644
--- a/elasticsearch/elasticsearch.spec
+++ b/elasticsearch/elasticsearch.spec
@@ -138,8 +138,8 @@ PreReq:       OpenPKG, openpkg >= 20160101, java, JAVA-JDK, apg, curl, jna
     #   determine installation files
     %{l_rpmtool} files -v -ofiles -r$RPM_BUILD_ROOT \
         %{l_files_std} \
-        '%dir %attr(-,%{l_rusr},%{l_rgrp}) %{l_prefix}/etc/elasticsearch' \
         '%config %{l_prefix}/etc/elasticsearch/*' \
+        '%dir %attr(-,%{l_rusr},%{l_rgrp}) %{l_prefix}/etc/elasticsearch' \
         '%attr(-,%{l_rusr},%{l_rgrp}) %{l_prefix}/var/elasticsearch' \
         '%attr(-,%{l_rusr},%{l_rgrp}) %{l_prefix}/var/elasticsearch/*'