diff --git a/src/ApiGenerator/RestSpecification/XPack/monitoring.bulk.json b/src/ApiGenerator/RestSpecification/XPack/monitoring.bulk.json
index e34bdfe85c7..6d41a4e59df 100644
--- a/src/ApiGenerator/RestSpecification/XPack/monitoring.bulk.json
+++ b/src/ApiGenerator/RestSpecification/XPack/monitoring.bulk.json
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     "visibility":"public",
     "headers":{
       "accept": [ "application/json"],
-      "content_type": ["application/json"]
+      "content_type": ["application/x-ndjson"]
     },
     "url":{
       "paths":[