diff --git a/manifests/2.12.0/opensearch-2.12.0.yml b/manifests/2.12.0/opensearch-2.12.0.yml
index 78cec8bf81..6591eb347e 100644
--- a/manifests/2.12.0/opensearch-2.12.0.yml
+++ b/manifests/2.12.0/opensearch-2.12.0.yml
@@ -50,6 +50,15 @@ components:
     checks:
       - gradle:properties:version
       - gradle:dependencies:opensearch.version: opensearch-ml-plugin
+  - name: neural-search
+    repository: https://github.com/opensearch-project/neural-search.git
+    ref: 2.x
+    platforms:
+      - linux
+      - windows
+    checks:
+      - gradle:properties:version
+      - gradle:dependencies:opensearch.version
   - name: flow-framework
     repository: https://github.com/opensearch-project/flow-framework.git
     ref: 2.x
diff --git a/manifests/templates/opensearch/2.x/os-template-2.12.0.yml b/manifests/templates/opensearch/2.x/os-template-2.12.0.yml
index 68e1986d4d..eeae40e8c9 100644
--- a/manifests/templates/opensearch/2.x/os-template-2.12.0.yml
+++ b/manifests/templates/opensearch/2.x/os-template-2.12.0.yml
@@ -52,15 +52,6 @@ components:
       - windows
     depends_on:
       - job-scheduler
-  - name: neural-search
-    repository: https://github.com/opensearch-project/neural-search.git
-    ref: 2.x
-    platforms:
-      - linux
-      - windows
-    checks:
-      - gradle:properties:version
-      - gradle:dependencies:opensearch.version
   - name: security
     repository: https://github.com/opensearch-project/security.git
     ref: 17ea68d46f831a843f4920e9ea419299605479e9