diff --git a/securityconfig/roles.yml b/securityconfig/roles.yml
index d701775b..cd3b8cb0 100644
--- a/securityconfig/roles.yml
+++ b/securityconfig/roles.yml
@@ -6,8 +6,9 @@ gendb_user_role:
   description: "DLS: user can read/write docs they own or are allowed on"
   cluster_permissions:
     - "indices:data/write/bulk"
+    - "indices:data/write/index"
   index_permissions:
-    - index_patterns: ["documents", "documents*"]
+    - index_patterns: ["documents", "documents*", "search_contexts", "search_contexts*"]
       allowed_actions:
         - crud
         - create_index