diff --git a/k8s/elastic-retention-enforcer/elastic-retention-enforcer.py b/k8s/elastic-retention-enforcer/elastic-retention-enforcer.py
index 8c0f4198c..bc38cd5dd 100644
--- a/k8s/elastic-retention-enforcer/elastic-retention-enforcer.py
+++ b/k8s/elastic-retention-enforcer/elastic-retention-enforcer.py
@@ -61,6 +61,13 @@ def apply_total_bytes_policy(indices, max_disk_util, logger):
     return popped, indices
 
 
+def divide_chunks(content, n):
+
+    # looping till length l
+    for i in range(0, len(content), n):
+        yield content[i : i + n]
+
+
 def main():
     args = parse()
     args.max_disk_util = parse_size(args.max_disk_util, binary=True)
@@ -77,16 +84,28 @@ def main():
 
     indice_stats = client.cat.indices(index=args.index_pattern, h=("i", "ss", "creation.date.string"))
     indices = [re.split(r"\s+", indice) for indice in indice_stats.split("\n")[:-1]]
-    indices = [
-        {
+    parsed_indices = []
+    for indice in indices:
+        system_index = indice[0].startswith(".")
+        should_skip_index = any([re.match(i, indice[0]) for i in args_to_skip])
+        has_all_stats = len(indice) == 3
+        if system_index:
+            logger.info("Skipping system index %s", indice[0])
+            continue
+        if should_skip_index:
+            logger.info("Skipping special index: %s", indice[0])
+            continue
+        if not has_all_stats:
+            logger.info("Received line doesn't contain all data: %s", indice)
+            continue
+        parsed_indice = {
             "name": indice[0],
             "size": parse_size(indice[1], binary=True),
             "created_at": datetime.strptime(indice[2], "%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S.%fZ"),
         }
-        for indice in indices
-        if not indice[0].startswith(".") and not any([re.match(i, indice[0]) for i in args_to_skip])
-    ]
+        parsed_indices.append(parsed_indice)
 
+    indices = parsed_indices
     logger.info("Total indices found: %s", len(indices))
     indices = sorted(indices, key=lambda x: x["created_at"])
 
@@ -99,7 +118,9 @@ def main():
 
     if total_drop:
         logger.info("Dropping following indexes:\n%s", json.dumps(total_drop, indent=2, default=str))
-        client.indices.delete(index=[i["name"] for i in total_drop])
+        for chunk in divide_chunks([i["name"] for i in total_drop], 10):
+            logger.info("Dropping chunk:\n%s", json.dumps(chunk, indent=2, default=str))
+            client.indices.delete(index=[i for i in chunk])
     else:
         logger.info("Nothing to drop")