diff --git a/src/Serilog.Sinks.Elasticsearch/Sinks/ElasticSearch/ElasticsearchVersionManager.cs b/src/Serilog.Sinks.Elasticsearch/Sinks/ElasticSearch/ElasticsearchVersionManager.cs
index 7322c328..124b1764 100644
--- a/src/Serilog.Sinks.Elasticsearch/Sinks/ElasticSearch/ElasticsearchVersionManager.cs
+++ b/src/Serilog.Sinks.Elasticsearch/Sinks/ElasticSearch/ElasticsearchVersionManager.cs
@@ -56,19 +56,18 @@ public Version EffectiveVersion
         {
             try
             {
-                var response = _client.Cat.Nodes<StringResponse>(new CatNodesRequestParameters()
-                {
-                    Headers = new[] { "v" }
-                });
+                var response = _client.DoRequest<DynamicResponse>(HttpMethod.GET, "/");
                 if (!response.Success) return null;
 
-                var discoveredVersion = response.Body.Split(new[] { '\r', '\n' }, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries)
-                    .FirstOrDefault();
+                var discoveredVersion = response.Dictionary["version"]["number"];
 
-                if (discoveredVersion == null)
+                if (!discoveredVersion.HasValue)
                     return null;
 
-                return new Version(discoveredVersion);
+                if (discoveredVersion.Value is not string strVersion)
+                    return null;
+
+                return new Version(strVersion);
 
             }
             catch (Exception ex)
diff --git a/test/Serilog.Sinks.Elasticsearch.Tests/ElasticsearchSinkTests.cs b/test/Serilog.Sinks.Elasticsearch.Tests/ElasticsearchSinkTests.cs
index 785026c4..ce940659 100644
--- a/test/Serilog.Sinks.Elasticsearch.Tests/ElasticsearchSinkTests.cs
+++ b/test/Serilog.Sinks.Elasticsearch.Tests/ElasticsearchSinkTests.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 using Elasticsearch.Net;
+using Serilog.Sinks.Elasticsearch.Tests.Stubs;
 using System.Text;
 using Xunit;
 
@@ -18,7 +19,7 @@ public void Ctor_DetectElasticsearchVersionSetToTrue_SetsTypeName(string elastic
             /* ARRANGE */
             var options = new ElasticsearchSinkOptions
             {
-                Connection = FakeResponse(elasticVersion),
+                Connection = FakeProductCheckResponse(elasticVersion),
                 TypeName = configuredTypeName
             };
 
@@ -41,7 +42,7 @@ public void Ctor_DetectElasticsearchVersionSetToFalseAssumesVersion7_SetsTypeNam
             /* ARRANGE */
             var options = new ElasticsearchSinkOptions
             {
-                Connection = FakeResponse(elasticVersion),
+                Connection = FakeProductCheckResponse(elasticVersion),
                 DetectElasticsearchVersion = false,
                 TypeName = configuredTypeName
             };
@@ -65,7 +66,7 @@ public void CreateLogger_DetectElasticsearchVersionSetToTrue_SetsTypeName(string
             /* ARRANGE */
             var options = new ElasticsearchSinkOptions
             {
-                Connection = FakeResponse(elasticVersion),
+                Connection = FakeProductCheckResponse(elasticVersion),
                 DetectElasticsearchVersion = true,
                 TypeName = configuredTypeName
             };
@@ -83,10 +84,10 @@ public void CreateLogger_DetectElasticsearchVersionSetToTrue_SetsTypeName(string
             Assert.Equal(expectedTypeName, options.TypeName);
         }
 
-        private static IConnection FakeResponse(string responseText)
+        private static IConnection FakeProductCheckResponse(string responseText)
         {
-            byte[] responseBody = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(responseText);
-            return new InMemoryConnection(responseBody, contentType: "text/plain; charset=UTF-8");
+            var productCheckResponse = ConnectionStub.ModifiedProductCheckResponse(responseText);
+            return new InMemoryConnection(productCheckResponse);
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/test/Serilog.Sinks.Elasticsearch.Tests/Stubs/ConnectionStub.cs b/test/Serilog.Sinks.Elasticsearch.Tests/Stubs/ConnectionStub.cs
index c1ae51e9..fdc0fadf 100644
--- a/test/Serilog.Sinks.Elasticsearch.Tests/Stubs/ConnectionStub.cs
+++ b/test/Serilog.Sinks.Elasticsearch.Tests/Stubs/ConnectionStub.cs
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ public override TReturn Request<TReturn>(RequestData requestData)
                         $" to be productCheck pre-flight request");
 
                 _productCheckDone = true;
-                return ReturnConnectionStatus<TReturn>(requestData); // root page returned
+                return ReturnConnectionStatus<TReturn>(requestData); // hard-coded root page returned
             }
 
             byte[] responseBytes = Array.Empty<byte>();
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ public override TReturn Request<TReturn>(RequestData requestData)
 
             int responseStatusCode = 200;
             string contentType = null;
+            InMemoryHttpResponse productCheckResponse = null;
 
             switch (requestData.Method)
             {
@@ -79,13 +80,10 @@ public override TReturn Request<TReturn>(RequestData requestData)
                     switch (requestData.Uri.PathAndQuery.ToLower())
                     {
                         case "/":
-                            // ReturnConnectionStatus(...) call at the bottom will return dummy product page
-                            // when root "/" is requested.
+                            productCheckResponse = ModifiedProductCheckResponse(_productVersion);
                             break;
-                        case "/_cat/nodes":
                         case "/_cat/nodes?h=v":
                             responseBytes = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(_productVersion);
-                            responseStatusCode = 200;
                             contentType = "text/plain; charset=UTF-8";
                             break;
                     }
@@ -100,12 +98,29 @@ public override TReturn Request<TReturn>(RequestData requestData)
                     break;
             }
 
-            return ReturnConnectionStatus<TReturn>(requestData, responseBytes, responseStatusCode, contentType);
+            return ReturnConnectionStatus<TReturn>(requestData, productCheckResponse, responseBytes, responseStatusCode, contentType);
         }
 
         public override Task<TResponse> RequestAsync<TResponse>(RequestData requestData, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
         {
             return Task.FromResult(Request<TResponse>(requestData));
         }
+
+        public static InMemoryHttpResponse ModifiedProductCheckResponse(string productVersion)
+        {
+            var productCheckResponse = ValidProductCheckResponse();
+            if (productVersion is not null)
+            {
+                using var originalMemoryStream = new MemoryStream(productCheckResponse.ResponseBytes, false);
+                {
+                    var json = LowLevelRequestResponseSerializer.Instance.Deserialize<dynamic>(originalMemoryStream);
+                    json["version"]["number"] = productVersion;
+                    using var modifiedMemoryStream = new MemoryStream();
+                    LowLevelRequestResponseSerializer.Instance.Serialize(json, modifiedMemoryStream);
+                    productCheckResponse.ResponseBytes = modifiedMemoryStream.ToArray();
+                }
+            }
+            return productCheckResponse;
+        }
     }
 }
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diff --git a/test/Serilog.Sinks.Elasticsearch.Tests/Templating/DiscoverVersionTests.cs b/test/Serilog.Sinks.Elasticsearch.Tests/Templating/DiscoverVersionTests.cs
index d922a3e7..9e4b3395 100644
--- a/test/Serilog.Sinks.Elasticsearch.Tests/Templating/DiscoverVersionTests.cs
+++ b/test/Serilog.Sinks.Elasticsearch.Tests/Templating/DiscoverVersionTests.cs
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ public DiscoverVersionTests()
         public void TemplatePutToCorrectUrl()
         {
             var uri = _templateGet.Item1;
-            uri.AbsolutePath.Should().Be("/_cat/nodes");
+            uri.AbsolutePath.Should().Be("/");
         }
     }
 }
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