diff --git a/src/Elastic.Clients.Elasticsearch/_Shared/Serialization/DefaultRequestResponseSerializer.cs b/src/Elastic.Clients.Elasticsearch/_Shared/Serialization/DefaultRequestResponseSerializer.cs
index c08aa351e9..0f2680282a 100644
--- a/src/Elastic.Clients.Elasticsearch/_Shared/Serialization/DefaultRequestResponseSerializer.cs
+++ b/src/Elastic.Clients.Elasticsearch/_Shared/Serialization/DefaultRequestResponseSerializer.cs
@@ -151,8 +151,8 @@ private static void MutateOptions(JsonSerializerOptions options)
 		);
 #pragma warning restore IL2026, IL3050
 
+		options.MaxDepth = 512;
 		options.DefaultIgnoreCondition = JsonIgnoreCondition.WhenWritingNull;
-		options.IncludeFields = true;
 		options.NumberHandling = JsonNumberHandling.AllowReadingFromString | JsonNumberHandling.AllowNamedFloatingPointLiterals;
 		options.PropertyNamingPolicy = JsonNamingPolicy.CamelCase;
 	}