diff --git a/docs/changelog/131296.yaml b/docs/changelog/131296.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..a3cf791bea0b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/changelog/131296.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+pr: 131296
+summary: Enable failure store for newly created APM datastreams
+area: Ingest Node
+type: enhancement
+issues: []
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/apm-data/src/main/resources/component-templates/apm@settings.yaml b/x-pack/plugin/apm-data/src/main/resources/component-templates/apm@settings.yaml
index 75671948de11a..29eb115efac0b 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/apm-data/src/main/resources/component-templates/apm@settings.yaml
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/apm-data/src/main/resources/component-templates/apm@settings.yaml
@@ -12,3 +12,6 @@ template:
       ignore_malformed: true
       total_fields:
         ignore_dynamic_beyond_limit: true
+  data_stream_options:
+    failure_store:
+      enabled: true
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/apm-data/src/main/resources/resources.yaml b/x-pack/plugin/apm-data/src/main/resources/resources.yaml
index 70675f1dd10d6..9704557063bc5 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/apm-data/src/main/resources/resources.yaml
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/apm-data/src/main/resources/resources.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # "version" holds the version of the templates and ingest pipelines installed
 # by xpack-plugin apm-data. This must be increased whenever an existing template or
 # pipeline is changed, in order for it to be updated on Elasticsearch upgrade.
-version: 101
+version: 102
 
 component-templates:
   # Data lifecycle.