diff --git a/client/rest-high-level/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/client/RequestConverters.java b/client/rest-high-level/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/client/RequestConverters.java
index 728d304077f..df423b8b5ec 100644
--- a/client/rest-high-level/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/client/RequestConverters.java
+++ b/client/rest-high-level/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/client/RequestConverters.java
@@ -1159,7 +1159,7 @@ final class RequestConverters {
         Request request = new Request(HttpPut.METHOD_NAME,
             new EndpointBuilder()
                 .addCommaSeparatedPathParts(indices)
-                .addPathPartAsIs("_lifecycle")
+                .addPathPartAsIs("_ilm")
                 .addPathPart(setPolicyRequest.policy())
             .build());
         Params params = new Params(request);
diff --git a/client/rest-high-level/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/client/RequestConvertersTests.java b/client/rest-high-level/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/client/RequestConvertersTests.java
index 0be12e8cebe..6028dc3c783 100644
--- a/client/rest-high-level/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/client/RequestConvertersTests.java
+++ b/client/rest-high-level/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/client/RequestConvertersTests.java
@@ -2597,7 +2597,7 @@ public class RequestConvertersTests extends ESTestCase {
         String idxString = Strings.arrayToCommaDelimitedString(indices);
         assertThat(request.getEndpoint(),
             equalTo("/" + (idxString.isEmpty() ? "" : (idxString + "/")) +
-                "_lifecycle/" + policyName));
+                "_ilm/" + policyName));
         assertThat(request.getParameters(), equalTo(expectedParams));
     }