diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/event_log/generated/schemas.ts b/x-pack/plugins/event_log/generated/schemas.ts
index 7cecba1efa43..15dc182dbe65 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/event_log/generated/schemas.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/event_log/generated/schemas.ts
@@ -149,10 +149,6 @@ function ecsDate() {
   return schema.maybe(schema.string({ validate: validateDate }));
 }
 
-function ecsVersion() {
-  return schema.maybe(schema.string({ validate: validateVersion }));
-}
-
 const ISO_DATE_PATTERN = /^\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2}T\d{2}:\d{2}:\d{2}\.\d{3}Z$/;
 
 function validateDate(isoDate: string) {
@@ -160,6 +156,10 @@ function validateDate(isoDate: string) {
   return 'string is not a valid ISO date: ' + isoDate;
 }
 
+function ecsVersion() {
+  return schema.maybe(schema.string({ validate: validateVersion }));
+}
+
 function validateVersion(version: string) {
   if (semver.valid(version)) return;
   return 'string is not a valid version: ' + version;
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/event_log/scripts/create_schemas.js b/x-pack/plugins/event_log/scripts/create_schemas.js
index 0a53165630a2..c86722ccd76c 100755
--- a/x-pack/plugins/event_log/scripts/create_schemas.js
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/event_log/scripts/create_schemas.js
@@ -283,6 +283,7 @@ const SchemaFileTemplate = `
 // the event log
 
 import { schema, TypeOf } from '@kbn/config-schema';
+import semver from 'semver';
 
 type DeepWriteable<T> = { -readonly [P in keyof T]: DeepWriteable<T[P]> };
 type DeepPartial<T> = {