diff --git a/java-client/src/main/java/co/elastic/clients/elasticsearch/_helpers/bulk/IngesterOperation.java b/java-client/src/main/java/co/elastic/clients/elasticsearch/_helpers/bulk/IngesterOperation.java
index 37f611774..f2a2ac28c 100644
--- a/java-client/src/main/java/co/elastic/clients/elasticsearch/_helpers/bulk/IngesterOperation.java
+++ b/java-client/src/main/java/co/elastic/clients/elasticsearch/_helpers/bulk/IngesterOperation.java
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ private static IngesterOperation createOperation(BulkOperation operation, JsonpM
             BinaryData binaryDoc = BinaryData.of(create.document(), mapper);
             size += binaryDoc.size();
             newOperation = BulkOperation.of(bo -> bo.create(idx -> {
-                copyBaseProperties(create, idx);
+                copyCreateProperties(create, idx);
                 return idx.document(binaryDoc);
             }));
         }
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ private static IngesterOperation indexOperation(BulkOperation operation, JsonpMa
             BinaryData binaryDoc = BinaryData.of(index.document(), mapper);
             size += binaryDoc.size();
             newOperation = BulkOperation.of(bo -> bo.index(idx -> {
-                copyBaseProperties(index, idx);
+                copyIndexProperties(index, idx);
                 return idx.document(binaryDoc);
             }));
         }
@@ -154,6 +154,18 @@ private static void copyBaseProperties(BulkOperationBase op, BulkOperationBase.A
             .versionType(op.versionType());
     }
 
+    private static void copyIndexProperties(IndexOperation<?> op, IndexOperation.Builder<?> builder) {
+        copyBaseProperties(op, builder);
+        builder.pipeline(op.pipeline());
+        builder.requireAlias(op.requireAlias());
+    }
+
+    private static void copyCreateProperties(CreateOperation<?> op, CreateOperation.Builder<?> builder) {
+        copyBaseProperties(op, builder);
+        builder.pipeline(op.pipeline());
+        builder.requireAlias(op.requireAlias());
+    }
+
     private static int size(String name, @Nullable Boolean value) {
         if (value != null) {
             return name.length() + 12; // 12 added chars for "name":"false",
diff --git a/java-client/src/test/java/co/elastic/clients/elasticsearch/_helpers/bulk/BulkIngesterTest.java b/java-client/src/test/java/co/elastic/clients/elasticsearch/_helpers/bulk/BulkIngesterTest.java
index 80d9daec2..4353a696d 100644
--- a/java-client/src/test/java/co/elastic/clients/elasticsearch/_helpers/bulk/BulkIngesterTest.java
+++ b/java-client/src/test/java/co/elastic/clients/elasticsearch/_helpers/bulk/BulkIngesterTest.java
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 import co.elastic.clients.elasticsearch.core.bulk.OperationType;
 import co.elastic.clients.elasticsearch.end_to_end.RequestTest;
 import co.elastic.clients.json.JsonpMapper;
+import co.elastic.clients.json.JsonpUtils;
 import co.elastic.clients.json.SimpleJsonpMapper;
 import co.elastic.clients.transport.ElasticsearchTransport;
 import co.elastic.clients.transport.Endpoint;
@@ -358,6 +359,28 @@ public void beforeBulk(long executionId, BulkRequest request, List<Void> context
         assertEquals("bar", storedRequest.get().routing());
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void pipelineTest() {
+        String json = "{\"create\":{\"_id\":\"some_id\",\"_index\":\"some_idx\",\"pipeline\":\"pipe\",\"require_alias\":true}}";
+        JsonpMapper mapper = new SimpleJsonpMapper();
+
+        BulkOperation create = BulkOperation.of(o -> o.create(c -> c
+                .pipeline("pipe")
+                .requireAlias(true)
+                .index("some_idx")
+                .id("some_id")
+                .document("Some doc")
+        ));
+
+        String createStr = JsonpUtils.toJsonString(create, mapper);
+        assertEquals(json, createStr);
+
+        BulkOperation create1 = IngesterOperation.of(create, mapper).operation();
+
+        String create1Str = JsonpUtils.toJsonString(create1, mapper);
+        assertEquals(json, create1Str);
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void endToEndTest() throws Exception {
         String index = "bulk-ingester-test";