diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/elasticsearch/bucket_agg.ts b/public/app/plugins/datasource/elasticsearch/bucket_agg.ts
index 7bb0e70ab18..be7573007a4 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/elasticsearch/bucket_agg.ts
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/elasticsearch/bucket_agg.ts
@@ -144,8 +144,8 @@ export class ElasticBucketAggCtrl {
           break;
         }
         case 'geohash_grid': {
-          // limit precision to 7
-          settings.precision = Math.max(Math.min(settings.precision, 7), 1);
+          // limit precision to 12
+          settings.precision = Math.max(Math.min(settings.precision, 12), 1);
           settingsLinkText = 'Precision: ' + settings.precision;
           break;
         }