diff --git a/ingestion/src/metadata/ingestion/sink/elasticsearch.py b/ingestion/src/metadata/ingestion/sink/elasticsearch.py
index 6a9ee2418d3..b399a81a19c 100644
--- a/ingestion/src/metadata/ingestion/sink/elasticsearch.py
+++ b/ingestion/src/metadata/ingestion/sink/elasticsearch.py
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
 
 import json
 import ssl
-import traceback
 from datetime import datetime
 from typing import List, Optional
 
@@ -523,7 +522,7 @@ class ElasticsearchSink(Sink[Entity]):
         owns = []
         if team.users:
             for user in team.users.__root__:
-                users.append(user)
+                users.append(user.name)
 
         if team.owns:
             for own in team.owns.__root__: