diff --git a/rest-api-spec/src/main/resources/rest-api-spec/test/mpercolate/10_basic.yaml b/rest-api-spec/src/main/resources/rest-api-spec/test/mpercolate/10_basic.yaml
index fef50208749..9b76f71835a 100644
--- a/rest-api-spec/src/main/resources/rest-api-spec/test/mpercolate/10_basic.yaml
+++ b/rest-api-spec/src/main/resources/rest-api-spec/test/mpercolate/10_basic.yaml
@@ -37,7 +37,5 @@
               foo: bar
 
   - match:  { responses.0.total:     1  }
-  - match:  { responses.1.error.root_cause.0.type: index_not_found_exception }
-  - match:  { responses.1.error.root_cause.0.reason: "/no.such.index/" }
-  - match:  { responses.1.error.root_cause.0.index: percolator_index1 }
+  - match:  { responses.1.error: "/no.such.index/" }
   - match:  { responses.2.total:     1  }
diff --git a/rest-api-spec/src/main/resources/rest-api-spec/test/msearch/10_basic.yaml b/rest-api-spec/src/main/resources/rest-api-spec/test/msearch/10_basic.yaml
index 8b736b860bd..76ef7c42303 100644
--- a/rest-api-spec/src/main/resources/rest-api-spec/test/msearch/10_basic.yaml
+++ b/rest-api-spec/src/main/resources/rest-api-spec/test/msearch/10_basic.yaml
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
               match: {foo: bar}
 
   - match:  { responses.0.hits.total:     3  }
-  - match:  { responses.1.error.root_cause.0.type: index_not_found_exception }
+  - match:  { responses.1.error.root_cause.0.type: index_missing_exception }
   - match:  { responses.1.error.root_cause.0.reason: "/no.such.index/" }
   - match:  { responses.1.error.root_cause.0.index: test_2 }
   - match:  { responses.2.hits.total:     1  }