diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/ingest_manager/server/services/agent_policy.ts b/x-pack/plugins/ingest_manager/server/services/agent_policy.ts
index 29821a530098c..12ea8ab92f6c4 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/ingest_manager/server/services/agent_policy.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/ingest_manager/server/services/agent_policy.ts
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ const SAVED_OBJECT_TYPE = AGENT_POLICY_SAVED_OBJECT_TYPE;
 class AgentPolicyService {
   private triggerAgentPolicyUpdatedEvent = async (
     soClient: SavedObjectsClientContract,
-    action: string,
+    action: 'created' | 'updated' | 'deleted',
     agentPolicyId: string
   ) => {
     return agentPolicyUpdateEventHandler(soClient, action, agentPolicyId);
@@ -258,7 +258,11 @@ class AgentPolicyService {
     id: string,
     options?: { user?: AuthenticatedUser }
   ): Promise<AgentPolicy> {
-    return this._update(soClient, id, {}, options?.user);
+    const res = await this._update(soClient, id, {}, options?.user);
+
+    await this.triggerAgentPolicyUpdatedEvent(soClient, 'updated', id);
+
+    return res;
   }
   public async bumpAllAgentPolicies(
     soClient: SavedObjectsClientContract,
@@ -277,7 +281,15 @@ class AgentPolicyService {
       };
       return policy;
     });
-    return soClient.bulkUpdate<AgentPolicySOAttributes>(bumpedPolicies);
+    const res = await soClient.bulkUpdate<AgentPolicySOAttributes>(bumpedPolicies);
+
+    await Promise.all(
+      currentPolicies.saved_objects.map((policy) =>
+        this.triggerAgentPolicyUpdatedEvent(soClient, 'updated', policy.id)
+      )
+    );
+
+    return res;
   }
 
   public async assignPackagePolicies(
diff --git a/x-pack/test/ingest_manager_api_integration/apis/settings/update.ts b/x-pack/test/ingest_manager_api_integration/apis/settings/update.ts
index 86292b535db2d..4340cd4832307 100644
--- a/x-pack/test/ingest_manager_api_integration/apis/settings/update.ts
+++ b/x-pack/test/ingest_manager_api_integration/apis/settings/update.ts
@@ -5,16 +5,20 @@
  */
 
 import expect from '@kbn/expect';
+import { Client } from 'elasticsearch';
 import { FtrProviderContext } from '../../../api_integration/ftr_provider_context';
 import { skipIfNoDockerRegistry } from '../../helpers';
+import { setupIngest } from '../fleet/agents/services';
 
 export default function (providerContext: FtrProviderContext) {
   const { getService } = providerContext;
   const supertest = getService('supertest');
   const kibanaServer = getService('kibanaServer');
+  const esClient: Client = getService('legacyEs');
 
   describe('Settings - update', async function () {
     skipIfNoDockerRegistry(providerContext);
+    setupIngest(providerContext);
 
     it("should bump all agent policy's revision", async function () {
       const { body: testPolicy1PostRes } = await supertest
@@ -49,5 +53,41 @@ export default function (providerContext: FtrProviderContext) {
       expect(getTestPolicy1Res.attributes.revision).equal(2);
       expect(getTestPolicy2Res.attributes.revision).equal(2);
     });
+
+    it('should create agent actions', async function () {
+      const { body: testPolicyRes } = await supertest
+        .post(`/api/ingest_manager/agent_policies`)
+        .set('kbn-xsrf', 'xxxx')
+        .send({
+          name: 'test',
+          description: '',
+          namespace: 'default',
+        });
+
+      await supertest
+        .put(`/api/ingest_manager/settings`)
+        .set('kbn-xsrf', 'xxxx')
+        .send({ kibana_urls: ['http://localhost:1232/abc', 'http://localhost:1232/abc'] });
+
+      const res = await esClient.search({
+        index: '.kibana',
+        body: {
+          query: {
+            bool: {
+              must: [
+                {
+                  terms: {
+                    type: ['fleet-agent-actions'],
+                  },
+                },
+                { match: { 'fleet-agent-actions.policy_id': testPolicyRes.item.id } },
+              ],
+            },
+          },
+        },
+      });
+
+      expect(res.hits.hits.length).equal(2);
+    });
   });
 }