diff --git a/indexer-core/src/main/java/org/opengroup/osdu/indexer/util/TypeMapper.java b/indexer-core/src/main/java/org/opengroup/osdu/indexer/util/TypeMapper.java
index 7141317fa91b646dd22ed35a3746fa5ffefa275b..87f32761557c302ce3df29d20faafbdc43417c34 100644
--- a/indexer-core/src/main/java/org/opengroup/osdu/indexer/util/TypeMapper.java
+++ b/indexer-core/src/main/java/org/opengroup/osdu/indexer/util/TypeMapper.java
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ public class TypeMapper {
         metaAttributeIndexerType.put(RecordMetaAttribute.VERSION.getValue(), ElasticType.LONG.getValue());
         metaAttributeIndexerType.put(RecordMetaAttribute.X_ACL.getValue(), ElasticType.KEYWORD.getValue());
         metaAttributeIndexerType.put(RecordMetaAttribute.ACL.getValue(), getAclIndexerMapping());
-        metaAttributeIndexerType.put(RecordMetaAttribute.TAGS.getValue(), ElasticType.OBJECT.getValue());
+        metaAttributeIndexerType.put(RecordMetaAttribute.TAGS.getValue(), ElasticType.FLATTENED.getValue());
         metaAttributeIndexerType.put(RecordMetaAttribute.LEGAL.getValue(), getLegalIndexerMapping());
         metaAttributeIndexerType.put(RecordMetaAttribute.ANCESTRY.getValue(), getAncestryIndexerMapping());
         metaAttributeIndexerType.put(RecordMetaAttribute.INDEX_STATUS.getValue(), getIndexStatusMapping());