diff --git a/src/sinks/openobserve.rs b/src/sinks/openobserve.rs
index 007fd721f9ebc..e47bbe77f83eb 100644
--- a/src/sinks/openobserve.rs
+++ b/src/sinks/openobserve.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+use http::Uri;
 use vector_lib::codecs::encoding::{FramingConfig, JsonSerializerConfig, SerializerConfig};
 use vector_lib::configurable::configurable_component;
 
@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@ use crate::{
 #[derive(Clone, Debug)]
 pub struct OpenObserveConfig {
     /// The OpenObserve endpoint to send data to.
+    #[serde(default = "default_endpoint")]
     #[configurable(metadata(docs::examples = "http://localhost:5080/api/default/default/_json"))]
     uri: UriSerde,
 
@@ -65,7 +67,7 @@ impl GenerateConfig for OpenObserveConfig {
     fn generate_config() -> toml::Value {
         toml::from_str(
             r#"
-            endpoint = "http://localhost:5080/api/default/default/_json"
+            uri = "http://localhost:5080/api/default/default/_json"
             Auth = "user: test@example.com, password: your_ingestion_password"
             encoding.codec = "json"
         "#,
@@ -74,6 +76,13 @@ impl GenerateConfig for OpenObserveConfig {
     }
 }
 
+fn default_endpoint() -> UriSerde {
+    UriSerde {
+        uri: Uri::from_static("http://localhost:5080/api/default/default/_json"),
+        auth: None,
+    }
+}
+
 #[async_trait::async_trait]
 #[typetag::serde(name = "openobserve")]
 impl SinkConfig for OpenObserveConfig {
@@ -81,7 +90,7 @@ impl SinkConfig for OpenObserveConfig {
         let request = self.request.clone();
 
         // OpenObserve supports native HTTP ingest endpoint. This configuration wraps
-        // the vector HTTP sink to provide official support for OpenObserve. This sink will 
+        // the vector HTTP sink to provide official support for OpenObserve. This sink will
         // allow maintaining the vector OpenObserve sink independent of the vector HTTP sink
         // configuration and will allow to accomodate any future changes to the interface.
         let http_sink_config = HttpSinkConfig {
diff --git a/website/cue/reference/components/sinks/base/openobserve.cue b/website/cue/reference/components/sinks/base/openobserve.cue
index 393fccc560738..733b55656cae9 100644
--- a/website/cue/reference/components/sinks/base/openobserve.cue
+++ b/website/cue/reference/components/sinks/base/openobserve.cue
@@ -254,10 +254,13 @@ base: components: sinks: openobserve: configuration: {
 			}
 		}
 	}
-    endpoint: {
+    uri: {
         description: "The OpenObserve endpoint to send data to."
-        required: true
-        type: string: examples: ["http://localhost:5080/api/default/default/_json"]
+        required: false
+        type: string: {
+			default: "http://localhost:5080/api/default/default/_json"
+			examples: ["http://localhost:5080/api/default/default/_json"]
+		}
     }
     auth: {
         description: "Authentication for OpenObserve."