diff --git a/server/modules/elastalert/elastalert.go b/server/modules/elastalert/elastalert.go
index 7a847af8..f2b085d7 100644
--- a/server/modules/elastalert/elastalert.go
+++ b/server/modules/elastalert/elastalert.go
@@ -1806,12 +1806,12 @@ func (e *ElastAlertEngine) wrapRule(det *model.Detection, rule string) (string,
 		Filter:            []map[string]interface{}{{"eql": rule}},
 	}
 
-	if licensing.IsEnabled(licensing.FEAT_NTF) {
-		if slices.Contains(det.Tags, "so.notification") {
-			// This is a detection for sending notifications only, do not add a new alert to Security Onion.
-			wrapper.Alert = nil
-		}
+	if slices.Contains(det.Tags, "so.notification") {
+		// This is a detection for sending notifications only, do not add a new alert to Security Onion.
+		wrapper.Alert = nil
+	}
 
+	if licensing.IsEnabled(licensing.FEAT_NTF) {
 		// Add any custom alerters to the rule.
 		for _, alerter := range alerters {
 			alerter = strings.TrimSpace(alerter)
@@ -1833,6 +1833,14 @@ func (e *ElastAlertEngine) wrapRule(det *model.Detection, rule string) (string,
 		}
 	}
 
+	if len(wrapper.Alert) == 0 {
+		log.WithFields(log.Fields{
+			"detectionPublicId": det.PublicID,
+			"severity":          string(det.Severity),
+		}).Debug("Disabling ElastAlert rule due to no valid alerters")
+		strYaml += "\nis_enabled: False\n"
+	}
+
 	return strYaml, nil
 }
 
diff --git a/server/modules/elastalert/elastalert_test.go b/server/modules/elastalert/elastalert_test.go
index 5cb4abc3..cd2c76fc 100644
--- a/server/modules/elastalert/elastalert_test.go
+++ b/server/modules/elastalert/elastalert_test.go
@@ -519,6 +519,70 @@ foo: bar
 	assert.YAMLEq(t, expected, wrappedRule)
 }
 
+func TestSigmaToElastAlertNotificationOnlyUnlicensed(t *testing.T) {
+	ctrl := gomock.NewController(t)
+	defer ctrl.Finish()
+
+	iom := mock.NewMockIOManager(ctrl)
+
+	iom.EXPECT().ExecCommand(gomock.Cond(func(x any) bool {
+		cmd := x.(*exec.Cmd)
+
+		if !strings.HasSuffix(cmd.Path, "sigma") {
+			return false
+		}
+
+		if !slices.Contains(cmd.Args, "convert") {
+			return false
+		}
+
+		if cmd.Stdin == nil {
+			return false
+		}
+
+		return true
+	})).Return([]byte("<eql>"), 0, time.Duration(0), nil)
+
+	engine := ElastAlertEngine{
+		IOManager:               iom,
+		additionalAlerters:      []string{"email", "slack"},
+		additionalAlerterParams: "foo: bar",
+	}
+
+	det := &model.Detection{
+		PublicID: "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000",
+		Content:  "totally good sigma",
+		Title:    "Test Detection",
+		Tags:     []string{"so.notification"},
+		Severity: model.SeverityHigh,
+	}
+
+	licensing.Shutdown()
+	query, err := engine.sigmaToElastAlert(context.Background(), det)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+
+	wrappedRule, err := engine.wrapRule(det, query)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+
+	expected := `detection_title: Test Detection
+detection_public_id: 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000
+event.module: sigma
+event.dataset: sigma.alert
+event.severity: 4
+sigma_level: high
+alert: []
+index: .ds-logs-*
+name: Test Detection -- 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000
+type: any
+realert:
+    seconds: 0
+filter:
+    - eql: <eql>
+is_enabled: False
+`
+	assert.YAMLEq(t, expected, wrappedRule)
+}
+
 func TestAdditionalAlertersSev0(t *testing.T) {
 	engine := ElastAlertEngine{
 		additionalAlerters:      []string{"email", "slack"},