# Filebeat - Suricata drop\_event not working

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-suricata-drop-event-not-working/227597>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Created:** [April 11, 2020, 10:55am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-suricata-drop-event-not-working/227597 "2020-04-11T10:55:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![lw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4491bb/32.png) [@lw24](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/lw24)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2020, 10:55am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-suricata-drop-event-not-working/227597/1 "2020-04-11T10:55:15Z")

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Hi, I'm trying to add a drop\_event condition to drop events with Suricata alert severity below a threshold.

Currently I have modified /filebeat/module/suricata/eve/config/eve.yml to contain:

- drop\_event:  
when:  
equals.event.severity: 3

But with this saved I am still receiving events with severity of 3.

Any thoughts? I have also tried with equals.suricata.eve.severity: 3 and had no luck either.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2020, 12:55pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-suricata-drop-event-not-working/227597/2 "2020-05-09T12:55:17Z")

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