diff --git a/server/modules/elastic/elasticdetectionstore.go b/server/modules/elastic/elasticdetectionstore.go
index f13b7951..77fb7c28 100644
--- a/server/modules/elastic/elasticdetectionstore.go
+++ b/server/modules/elastic/elasticdetectionstore.go
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ func (store *ElasticDetectionstore) validateId(id string, label string) error {
 func (store *ElasticDetectionstore) validatePublicId(id string, label string) error {
 	var err error
 
-	isValidId := regexp.MustCompile(`^[A-Za-z0-9-_]{5,128}$`).MatchString
+	isValidId := regexp.MustCompile(`^[A-Za-z0-9-_]{3,128}$`).MatchString
 	if !isValidId(id) {
 		err = fmt.Errorf("invalid ID for %s", label)
 	}
diff --git a/server/modules/elastic/elasticdetectionstore_test.go b/server/modules/elastic/elasticdetectionstore_test.go
index 56d9a4cb..506652fd 100644
--- a/server/modules/elastic/elasticdetectionstore_test.go
+++ b/server/modules/elastic/elasticdetectionstore_test.go
@@ -122,6 +122,9 @@ func TestDetectionValidatePublicIdValid(t *testing.T) {
 	err := store.validatePublicId("12345", "test")
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
 
+	err = store.validatePublicId("123", "test")
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+
 	err = store.validatePublicId("123456", "test")
 	assert.NoError(t, err)