diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/actions/server/mocks.ts b/x-pack/plugins/actions/server/mocks.ts
index e2f11abeefff2..ad1c51d06d0c0 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/actions/server/mocks.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/actions/server/mocks.ts
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ const createServicesMock = () => {
     callCluster: elasticsearchServiceMock.createLegacyScopedClusterClient().callAsCurrentUser,
     getLegacyScopedClusterClient: jest.fn(),
     savedObjectsClient: savedObjectsClientMock.create(),
+    scopedClusterClient: elasticsearchServiceMock.createScopedClusterClient().asCurrentUser,
   };
   return mock;
 };
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/actions/server/plugin.ts b/x-pack/plugins/actions/server/plugin.ts
index ef20ffbb9ee68..668e8b849b8a7 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/actions/server/plugin.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/actions/server/plugin.ts
@@ -426,6 +426,7 @@ export class ActionsPlugin implements Plugin<Promise<PluginSetupContract>, Plugi
     return (request) => ({
       callCluster: elasticsearch.legacy.client.asScoped(request).callAsCurrentUser,
       savedObjectsClient: getScopedClient(request),
+      scopedClusterClient: elasticsearch.client.asScoped(request).asCurrentUser,
       getLegacyScopedClusterClient(clusterClient: ILegacyClusterClient) {
         return clusterClient.asScoped(request);
       },
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/actions/server/types.ts b/x-pack/plugins/actions/server/types.ts
index a23a2b0893261..a8db8bfd7344c 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/actions/server/types.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/actions/server/types.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import {
   KibanaRequest,
   SavedObjectsClientContract,
   SavedObjectAttributes,
+  ElasticsearchClient,
 } from '../../../../src/core/server';
 import { ActionTypeExecutorResult } from '../common';
 export { ActionTypeExecutorResult } from '../common';
@@ -30,6 +31,7 @@ export type ActionTypeParams = Record<string, unknown>;
 export interface Services {
   callCluster: ILegacyScopedClusterClient['callAsCurrentUser'];
   savedObjectsClient: SavedObjectsClientContract;
+  scopedClusterClient: ElasticsearchClient;
   getLegacyScopedClusterClient(clusterClient: ILegacyClusterClient): ILegacyScopedClusterClient;
 }
 
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/alerts/server/mocks.ts b/x-pack/plugins/alerts/server/mocks.ts
index c39aa13b580fc..05d64bdbb77f4 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/alerts/server/mocks.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/alerts/server/mocks.ts
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ const createAlertServicesMock = () => {
     callCluster: elasticsearchServiceMock.createLegacyScopedClusterClient().callAsCurrentUser,
     getLegacyScopedClusterClient: jest.fn(),
     savedObjectsClient: savedObjectsClientMock.create(),
+    scopedClusterClient: elasticsearchServiceMock.createScopedClusterClient().asCurrentUser,
   };
 };
 export type AlertServicesMock = ReturnType<typeof createAlertServicesMock>;
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/alerts/server/plugin.ts b/x-pack/plugins/alerts/server/plugin.ts
index 4cdcac4c9e889..03302d5e6e7db 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/alerts/server/plugin.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/alerts/server/plugin.ts
@@ -302,6 +302,7 @@ export class AlertingPlugin {
     return (request) => ({
       callCluster: elasticsearch.legacy.client.asScoped(request).callAsCurrentUser,
       savedObjectsClient: this.getScopedClientWithAlertSavedObjectType(savedObjects, request),
+      scopedClusterClient: elasticsearch.client.asScoped(request).asCurrentUser,
       getLegacyScopedClusterClient(clusterClient: ILegacyClusterClient) {
         return clusterClient.asScoped(request);
       },
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/alerts/server/types.ts b/x-pack/plugins/alerts/server/types.ts
index 03d41724213ce..74153d1ca6b1d 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/alerts/server/types.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/alerts/server/types.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import { PluginSetupContract, PluginStartContract } from './plugin';
 import { AlertsClient } from './alerts_client';
 export * from '../common';
 import {
+  ElasticsearchClient,
   ILegacyClusterClient,
   ILegacyScopedClusterClient,
   KibanaRequest,
@@ -45,6 +46,7 @@ declare module 'src/core/server' {
 export interface Services {
   callCluster: ILegacyScopedClusterClient['callAsCurrentUser'];
   savedObjectsClient: SavedObjectsClientContract;
+  scopedClusterClient: ElasticsearchClient;
   getLegacyScopedClusterClient(clusterClient: ILegacyClusterClient): ILegacyScopedClusterClient;
 }
 
diff --git a/x-pack/test/alerting_api_integration/common/fixtures/plugins/alerts/server/alert_types.ts b/x-pack/test/alerting_api_integration/common/fixtures/plugins/alerts/server/alert_types.ts
index 23adf5f8cb9a2..d43c3363f86b1 100644
--- a/x-pack/test/alerting_api_integration/common/fixtures/plugins/alerts/server/alert_types.ts
+++ b/x-pack/test/alerting_api_integration/common/fixtures/plugins/alerts/server/alert_types.ts
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ function getAlwaysFiringAlertType() {
             instanceContextValue: true,
           });
       }
-      await services.callCluster('index', {
+      await services.scopedClusterClient.index({
         index: params.index,
         refresh: 'wait_for',
         body: {