diff --git a/client/rest-high-level/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/client/BulkProcessorIT.java b/client/rest-high-level/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/client/BulkProcessorIT.java
index 72ffcd7c506..52110989e17 100644
--- a/client/rest-high-level/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/client/BulkProcessorIT.java
+++ b/client/rest-high-level/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/client/BulkProcessorIT.java
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.bytes.BytesArray;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.unit.ByteSizeUnit;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.unit.ByteSizeValue;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.unit.TimeValue;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentBuilder;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentType;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.mapper.MapperService;
 import org.elasticsearch.rest.action.document.RestBulkAction;
@@ -75,12 +76,12 @@ public class BulkProcessorIT extends ESRestHighLevelClientTestCase {
                 (request, bulkListener) -> highLevelClient().bulkAsync(request, RequestOptions.DEFAULT,
                        bulkListener), listener);
     }
-    
+
     private static BulkProcessor.Builder initBulkProcessorBuilderUsingTypes(BulkProcessor.Listener listener) {
         return BulkProcessor.builder(
                 (request, bulkListener) -> highLevelClient().bulkAsync(request, expectWarnings(RestBulkAction.TYPES_DEPRECATION_MESSAGE),
                        bulkListener), listener);
-    }    
+    }
 
     public void testThatBulkProcessorCountIsCorrect() throws Exception {
         final CountDownLatch latch = new CountDownLatch(1);
@@ -383,14 +384,14 @@ public class BulkProcessorIT extends ESRestHighLevelClientTestCase {
                     .build()) {
                 indexDocs(processor, numDocs, null, localType, "test", globalType, "pipeline_id");
                 latch.await();
-    
+
                 assertThat(listener.beforeCounts.get(), equalTo(1));
                 assertThat(listener.afterCounts.get(), equalTo(1));
                 assertThat(listener.bulkFailures.size(), equalTo(0));
                 assertResponseItems(listener.bulkItems, numDocs, localType);
-    
+
                 Iterable<SearchHit> hits = searchAll(new SearchRequest("test").routing("routing"));
-    
+
                 assertThat(hits, everyItem(hasProperty(fieldFromSource("fieldNameXYZ"), equalTo("valueXYZ"))));
                 assertThat(hits, everyItem(Matchers.allOf(hasIndex("test"), hasType(localType))));
                 assertThat(hits, containsInAnyOrder(expectedIds(numDocs)));
@@ -398,7 +399,7 @@ public class BulkProcessorIT extends ESRestHighLevelClientTestCase {
         }
         {
             //Check that untyped document additions and untyped global inherit the established custom type
-            // (the custom document type introduced to the mapping by the earlier code in this test) 
+            // (the custom document type introduced to the mapping by the earlier code in this test)
             String globalType = null;
             String localType = null;
             final CountDownLatch latch = new CountDownLatch(1);
@@ -414,20 +415,19 @@ public class BulkProcessorIT extends ESRestHighLevelClientTestCase {
                     .build()) {
                 indexDocs(processor, numDocs, null, localType, "test", globalType, "pipeline_id");
                 latch.await();
-    
+
                 assertThat(listener.beforeCounts.get(), equalTo(1));
                 assertThat(listener.afterCounts.get(), equalTo(1));
                 assertThat(listener.bulkFailures.size(), equalTo(0));
                 assertResponseItems(listener.bulkItems, numDocs, MapperService.SINGLE_MAPPING_NAME);
-    
+
                 Iterable<SearchHit> hits = searchAll(new SearchRequest("test").routing("routing"));
-    
+
                 assertThat(hits, everyItem(hasProperty(fieldFromSource("fieldNameXYZ"), equalTo("valueXYZ"))));
                 assertThat(hits, everyItem(Matchers.allOf(hasIndex("test"), hasType(customType))));
                 assertThat(hits, containsInAnyOrder(expectedIds(numDocs)));
             }
-        }        
-        assertWarnings(RestBulkAction.TYPES_DEPRECATION_MESSAGE);
+        }
     }
 
     @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
@@ -438,8 +438,8 @@ public class BulkProcessorIT extends ESRestHighLevelClientTestCase {
             .<Matcher<SearchHit>>toArray(Matcher[]::new);
     }
 
-    private static MultiGetRequest indexDocs(BulkProcessor processor, int numDocs, String localIndex, String localType,
-                                             String globalIndex, String globalType, String globalPipeline) throws Exception {
+    private MultiGetRequest indexDocs(BulkProcessor processor, int numDocs, String localIndex, String localType,
+                                      String globalIndex, String globalType, String globalPipeline) throws Exception {
         MultiGetRequest multiGetRequest = new MultiGetRequest();
         for (int i = 1; i <= numDocs; i++) {
             if (randomBoolean()) {
@@ -448,6 +448,11 @@ public class BulkProcessorIT extends ESRestHighLevelClientTestCase {
             } else {
                 BytesArray data = bytesBulkRequest(localIndex, localType, i);
                 processor.add(data, globalIndex, globalType, globalPipeline, null, XContentType.JSON);
+
+                if (localType != null) {
+                    // If the payload contains types, parsing it into a bulk request results in a warning.
+                    assertWarnings(RestBulkAction.TYPES_DEPRECATION_MESSAGE);
+                }
             }
             multiGetRequest.add(localIndex, Integer.toString(i));
         }
@@ -455,26 +460,29 @@ public class BulkProcessorIT extends ESRestHighLevelClientTestCase {
     }
 
     private static BytesArray bytesBulkRequest(String localIndex, String localType, int id) throws IOException {
-        String action = Strings.toString(jsonBuilder()
-            .startObject()
-                .startObject("index")
-                    .field("_index", localIndex)
-                    .field("_type", localType)
-                    .field("_id", Integer.toString(id))
-                .endObject()
-            .endObject()
-        );
-        String source = Strings.toString(jsonBuilder()
+        XContentBuilder action = jsonBuilder().startObject().startObject("index");
+
+        if (localIndex != null) {
+            action.field("_index", localIndex);
+        }
+
+        if (localType != null) {
+            action.field("_type", localType);
+        }
+
+        action.field("_id", Integer.toString(id));
+        action.endObject().endObject();
+
+        XContentBuilder source = jsonBuilder()
             .startObject()
                 .field("field", randomRealisticUnicodeOfLengthBetween(1, 30))
-            .endObject()
-        );
+            .endObject();
 
-        String request = action + "\n" + source + "\n";
+        String request = Strings.toString(action) + "\n" + Strings.toString(source) + "\n";
         return new BytesArray(request);
     }
 
-    private static MultiGetRequest indexDocs(BulkProcessor processor, int numDocs) throws Exception {
+    private MultiGetRequest indexDocs(BulkProcessor processor, int numDocs) throws Exception {
         return indexDocs(processor, numDocs, "test", null, null, null, null);
     }