diff --git a/roles/elasticsearch/defaults/main.yml b/roles/elasticsearch/defaults/main.yml
index 6ebdf39..2a6ac65 100644
--- a/roles/elasticsearch/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/elasticsearch/defaults/main.yml
@@ -1,8 +1,2 @@
 ---
-
-elasticsearch_key_url: "https://artifacts.elastic.co/GPG-KEY-elasticsearch"
-elasticsearch_key_path: "/usr/share/keyrings/elasticsearch.asc"
-
-elasticsearch_data_dir: /srv/elasticsearch
-
 elasticsearch_max_mem: 512m
diff --git a/roles/elasticsearch/vars/main.yml b/roles/elasticsearch/vars/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..94661f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/elasticsearch/vars/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+elasticsearch_key_url: "https://artifacts.elastic.co/GPG-KEY-elasticsearch"
+elasticsearch_key_path: "/usr/share/keyrings/elasticsearch.asc"
+
+elasticsearch_data_dir: /srv/elasticsearch