1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/preference/SearchPreferenceIT.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/preference/SearchPreferenceIT.java
index 2914755ed7..4b3b890a20 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/preference/SearchPreferenceIT.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/preference/SearchPreferenceIT.java
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import org.elasticsearch.client.Client;
 import org.elasticsearch.cluster.health.ClusterHealthStatus;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.Strings;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentType;
 import org.elasticsearch.rest.RestStatus;
 import org.elasticsearch.test.ESIntegTestCase;
 
@@ -98,7 +99,7 @@ public class SearchPreferenceIT extends ESIntegTestCase {
     }
 
     public void testSimplePreference() throws Exception {
-        client().admin().indices().prepareCreate("test").setSettings("{\"number_of_replicas\": 1}").get();
+        client().admin().indices().prepareCreate("test").setSettings("{\"number_of_replicas\": 1}", XContentType.JSON).get();
         ensureGreen();
 
         client().prepareIndex("test", "type1").setSource("field1", "value1").execute().actionGet();
@@ -131,7 +132,7 @@ public class SearchPreferenceIT extends ESIntegTestCase {
     }
 
     public void testReplicaPreference() throws Exception {
-        client().admin().indices().prepareCreate("test").setSettings("{\"number_of_replicas\": 0}").get();
+        client().admin().indices().prepareCreate("test").setSettings("{\"number_of_replicas\": 0}", XContentType.JSON).get();
         ensureGreen();
 
         client().prepareIndex("test", "type1").setSource("field1", "value1").execute().actionGet();
@@ -147,7 +148,7 @@ public class SearchPreferenceIT extends ESIntegTestCase {
         SearchResponse resp = client().prepareSearch().setQuery(matchAllQuery()).setPreference("_replica_first").execute().actionGet();
         assertThat(resp.getHits().totalHits(), equalTo(1L));
 
-        client().admin().indices().prepareUpdateSettings("test").setSettings("{\"number_of_replicas\": 1}").get();
+        client().admin().indices().prepareUpdateSettings("test").setSettings("{\"number_of_replicas\": 1}", XContentType.JSON).get();
         ensureGreen("test");
 
         resp = client().prepareSearch().setQuery(matchAllQuery()).setPreference("_replica").execute().actionGet();