diff --git a/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/watcher/input/search/ExecutableSearchInput.java b/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/watcher/input/search/ExecutableSearchInput.java
index 86721490215..460e8581795 100644
--- a/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/watcher/input/search/ExecutableSearchInput.java
+++ b/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/watcher/input/search/ExecutableSearchInput.java
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ public class ExecutableSearchInput extends ExecutableInput<SearchInput, SearchIn
 
         final Payload payload;
         if (input.getExtractKeys() != null) {
-            BytesReference bytes = XContentHelper.toXContent(response, XContentType.JSON);
+            BytesReference bytes = XContentHelper.toXContent(response, XContentType.JSON, false);
             // EMPTY is safe here because we never use namedObject
             try (XContentParser parser = XContentHelper.createParser(NamedXContentRegistry.EMPTY, bytes)) {
                 Map<String, Object> filteredKeys = XContentFilterKeysUtils.filterMapOrdered(input.getExtractKeys(), parser);
diff --git a/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/watcher/support/WatcherUtils.java b/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/watcher/support/WatcherUtils.java
index 8747a254ed7..70fa364a773 100644
--- a/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/watcher/support/WatcherUtils.java
+++ b/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/watcher/support/WatcherUtils.java
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ public final class WatcherUtils {
     }
 
     public static Map<String, Object> responseToData(ToXContentObject response) throws IOException {
-        return XContentHelper.convertToMap(XContentHelper.toXContent(response, XContentType.JSON), false).v2();
+        return XContentHelper.convertToMap(XContentHelper.toXContent(response, XContentType.JSON, false), false).v2();
     }
 
     public static Map<String, Object> flattenModel(Map<String, Object> map) {