diff --git a/group_vars/all/prometheus.yml b/group_vars/all/prometheus.yml
index eca2bb6..fd5ed39 100644
--- a/group_vars/all/prometheus.yml
+++ b/group_vars/all/prometheus.yml
@@ -17,3 +17,5 @@ kubernetes_prometheus_endpoint: "{{ stage_kube }}-prometheus.{{ domain }}"
 
 prometheus_alert_diskspaceusage_warning: 85
 prometheus_alert_pg_replication_lag: 120
+
+elastic_cluster_settings_max_shards: 1000
diff --git a/group_vars/stage_prodnso/prometheus.yml b/group_vars/stage_prodnso/prometheus.yml
index ad7977e..8e0483f 100644
--- a/group_vars/stage_prodnso/prometheus.yml
+++ b/group_vars/stage_prodnso/prometheus.yml
@@ -14,3 +14,4 @@ node_exporter_extra_servers:
 
 
 kubernetes_prometheus_endpoint: "prodnso-prometheus.{{ domain }}"
+elastic_cluster_settings_max_shards: 1500
diff --git a/roles/elastic/tasks/main.yaml b/roles/elastic/tasks/main.yaml
index 99bb24d..adeee89 100644
--- a/roles/elastic/tasks/main.yaml
+++ b/roles/elastic/tasks/main.yaml
@@ -80,3 +80,26 @@
   tags:
     - update_config
     - update_deployment
+
+- name: "Set VAR"
+  set_fact:
+    es_cluster_settings:
+      persistent:
+        cluster.max_shards_per_node: "{{ elastic_cluster_settings_max_shards }}"
+
+- name: "Set cluster config"
+  uri:
+    url: "https://localhost:9200/_cluster/settings"
+    method: PUT
+    ca_path: "{{ service_base_path }}/{{ elastic_id }}/certs/ca/ca.crt"
+    user: "{{ elastic_admin_username }}"
+    password: "{{ elastic_admin_password }}"
+    headers:
+      Content-Type: "application/json"
+      Accept: "application/json"
+    body_format: "json"
+    body: "{{ es_cluster_settings |to_json }}"
+    force_basic_auth: true
+    status_code: 200
+  when:
+    - inventory_hostname == groups['elastic'][0]
diff --git a/templates/prometheus/config/prometheus/alert.rules.j2 b/templates/prometheus/config/prometheus/alert.rules.j2
index 1f57d5b..0f3a44f 100644
--- a/templates/prometheus/config/prometheus/alert.rules.j2
+++ b/templates/prometheus/config/prometheus/alert.rules.j2
@@ -383,6 +383,24 @@ groups:
       summary: "Elasticsearch health status is not green. Please Check"
       description: "Alert for Elasticsearch health status"
 
+  - alert: elasticsearch - usage of active shards greater than 90%
+    expr: avg(elasticsearch_cluster_health_active_shards) * 100 / (avg(elasticsearch_cluster_health_number_of_nodes) * {{ elastic_cluster_settings_max_shards }} ) > 90
+    for: 30m
+    labels:
+      severity: warning
+    annotations:
+      summary: "ES cluster - active shards reaches WARN-threshold... Please clean up"
+      description: "WARNING: Alert for ES active shards usage"
+
+  - alert: elasticsearch - usage of active shards greater than 95%
+    expr: avg(elasticsearch_cluster_health_active_shards) * 100 / (avg(elasticsearch_cluster_health_number_of_nodes) * {{ elastic_cluster_settings_max_shards }} ) > 95
+    for: 5m
+    labels:
+      severity: critical
+    annotations:
+      summary: "ES cluster - active shards reaches CRITICAL-threshold... Please clean up"
+      description: "WARNING: Alert for ES active shards usage"
+
   - alert: awx job failed with status error
     expr: changes(awx_status_total{status="error"}[2m]) > 0
     for: 2m